After Comoros was severely impacted by flooding, landslides, and other natural disasters resulting from heavy rains in April of 2012, the country submitted to the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to the Comoros (through the U.S. Embassy in Madagascar) a request for a military-to-military team for the cooperative medical training of its military personnel, who handle much of the humanitarian efforts in the small and isolated island nation. In January of 2013, three soldiers from the Kentucky National Guard from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa were sent to the Comoros for one week to assist 28 Comoran soldiers in learning first aid, casualty evacuation, CPR, and field hygiene procedures. Soldiers from both nations noted the helpfulness of the training, and stated that they looked forward to similar partnerships in the future.
Surely an interesting partnership, the Comoran military sought to learn the "best practices" in first aid and thus sought out the expertise of the U.S. military in training its own soldiers.
http://www.dvidshub.net/news/103943/kentucky-soldiers-make-big-impact-small-islands
ReplyDeleteI think this training is a great idea. I feel like it's just the right amount of help towards humanitarian efforts and not overdone by sending too many of our troops or people over there. In my opinion if more of our objectives were dealt in such manner it would help not only financially, but probably get us on friendlier terms with more people.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Monica, I think this was a good amount of humanitarian help that didn't overwhelm the Comoran soldiers. The fact that the Comoran military sought out the help was a good component to friendly terms between the two, as well as not having a greater number of those training than those being trained.
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