5/28/2013 - JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The United States and Vietnam will conduct humanitarian assistance operations June 10-14 as part of Operation Pacific Angel.
Officially in its sixth year, Operation PACANGEL is a joint and combined
humanitarian assistance exercise led by Pacific Air Forces. Operation
PACANGEL 2013 includes medical, dental, optometry, and engineering
programs as well as various subject-matter expert exchanges.
Approximately 56 U.S. military members, along with local
non-governmental organizations and host nation military forces will
conduct humanitarian assistance operations in Dong Hoi, Quang Binh
Province, Vietnam as part of this operation.
PACANGEL enhances participants' humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities.
The exercise supports U.S. Pacific Command's capacity-building efforts
by partnering with other governments, non-governmental agencies and
multilateral militaries in the respective region to provide medical,
dental, optometry, and engineering assistance to their citizens. This
training can be used during future humanitarian assistance and disaster
relief efforts.
Since 2007, U.S. military members, together with host nation military
personnel throughout the region, have improved the lives of tens of
thousands of people through Operation PACANGEL missions
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