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Video by Spc. Geordan Tyquiengco

2018 Disaster Management Exchange

8th Theater Sustainment Command

Nov. 28, 2018 | 2:00

NANJING, China--Soldiers from U.S. Army Pacific and the People's Republic of China People's Liberation Army participated in an annual Disaster Management Exchange in Nanjing, China Nov. 13-18. This is the 14th iteration of this exchange between USARPAC and the PLA.

The DME is a key disaster risk reduction exchange that USARPAC conducts with the PLA each year. The DME has matured from basic visits and briefings into a substantive exchange that uses table top and practical field exchanges to provide interaction between both armies focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.