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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are gathering with partners at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge to celebrate the downlisting of the Columbian white-tailed deer from the Endangered Species Act. Read the story here: bit.ly/CWTDEvent
YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 29, 2014) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka for this year’s Pacific Partnership mission. Aboard are over 260 members representing the JMSDF, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Australian Defence Force and non-governmental organizations. Pacific Partnership is in its ninth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Jesus Uranga/Released)
Yahoo! announced a strategic global partnership with Samsung to distribute Yahoo!’s industry-leading services on millions of Samsung mobile devices – including those running Samsung bada and Android platforms. Through this partnership Samsung will distribute Yahoo! services, including Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Front Page, Yahoo! Search, Yahoo! Flickr, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Contacts, Yahoo! Calendar, and Yahoo! Weather on Samsung’s mobile devices globally, beginning in May 2010.
Photo: Dr. Ho Soo Lee, EVP, Media Solution Center, Samsung Electronics (L) and David Ko, SVP, Audience, Mobile and Local, North America, Yahoo! (R), sign strategic global partnership to pre-load Yahoo! services on tens of millions of Samsung devices.
H.E. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Honorary Chairperson of UNICEF Belgium, visited Ethiopia, 9-12 November 2015
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l’Amministratore Delegato di Trenitalia, Orazio Iacono, il CEO di mytaxi, Andrew Pinnington e Barbara Covili, General Manager mytaxi Italia
Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taymyr peninsula in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for a partnership agreement between the Taymyrsky Zapovednik (nature reserve) and the Schleswig-Holstein Waddensea National Park and later the establishment (1993) of the Great Arctic Reserve (Zapovednik). The Taymyr peninsula is covered by the most extensive and northernmost tundra habitats in Siberia. These enormous wetlands are used during the short Arctic summer by millions of waterbirds, which winter in Southern Europe, Southern Asia and Africa. The biodiversity of the Taymyr peninsula is with 20% well covered with different kinds of protected areas. However, there may be need to connect them by South-North corridors to secure adaptation of biodiversity moving North with climate change. With increased warming and thawing of tundra massive release of methane stored in the ground could trigger further climate change.
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Following the post-election crisis of 2010-2011, the European Commission has encouraged the establishment of a partnership to facilitate a transition between humanitarian and development aid in support of Côte d’Ivoire’s efforts to restore social services to its people. ECHO’s aid supports the government’s policy of free healthcare for children and pregnant women in order to reduce the high rate of illness and preventable deaths, but also the improvement of food security and social cohesion in areas affected by the conflict. ©EC/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie
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Soldiers from all nations participating in the Strong Europe Tank Challenge (SETC) pose for a group photo May 08, 2016 at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. The SETC is co-hosted by U.S. Army Europe and the German Bundeswehr May 10-13, 2016. The competition is designed to foster military partnership while promoting NATO interoperability. Seven platoons from six NATO nations are competing in SETC - the first multinational tank challenge at Grafenwoehr in 25 years. For more photos, videos and stories from the Strong Europe Tank Challenge, go to www.eur.army.mil/tankchallenge/ (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/released)
H.E. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Honorary Chairperson of UNICEF Belgium, visited Ethiopia, 9-12 November 2015
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09 August 2010 USARAK and the Anchorage School District held a ceremony for the signing of the Partnership Program Advisory Council
110525-N-ZF681-153 LAE, Papua New Guinea (May 25, 2011) Hospital Corpsman Seaman Carmen Alfaro, assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland (LPD7) reads to children during a Pacific Partnership civil action project in Lae. Pacific Partnership is a five-month humanitarian assistance initiative that will make port visits to Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Federated States of Micronesia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Christopher Farrington/Released)
YAP, Federated States of Micronesia (March 30, 2018) Dexter Moon, a local student from Yap, and Steelworker 2nd Class Felipe Esparza, a Seabee assigned to Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18), paint a wall during a construction project at Fanis Elementary School, March 30. PP18’s mission is to work collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase stability and security in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships across the Indo-Pacific Region. Pacific Partnership, now in its 13th iteration, is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Caledon Rabbipal/Released)
NOAA Research Acting Director Craig McLean speaks at a University of Oklahoma press conference to announce results of NOAA's recompetition for the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies on Nov. 7, 2011. The University of Oklahoma won the competition and will continue a longstanding research partnership that focuses on weather radar and other technologes to improve severe weather forecasting.
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DRAWSKO POMORSKIE TRAINING AREA, Poland--Paratroopers from 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), participate in partner-nation weapons familiarization with the Polish army's 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade here Oct. 23. The U.S. Army is supporting Steadfast Jazz 13 with participation from the 173d IBCT(A), one of U.S. Army Europe’s forward-based combat brigades and the 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, the U.S.-based ground force contribution to NATO Response Force 2014. Collectively, these forces represent the re-invigoration of U.S. participation in the NRF and the enduring U.S. commitment to NATO, Europe, and regional stability and prosperity. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. A.M. LaVey/173 ABN PAO)083L-010
Bangladesh - "True development involves not only delivering aid, but also promoting economic growth"
President Barack Obama, 2012
Photo Credit: Habibul Haque for USAID
DA NANG, Vietnam (June 6, 2014) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Osumi-Class JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) approaches the port of Da Nang, the first stop for the ship during this year's Pacific Partnership. Pacific Partnership is in its ninth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Jesus Uranga/Released)
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09 August 2010 USARAK and the Anchorage School District held a ceremony for the signing of the Partnership Program Advisory Council
SEKONDI, Ghana (August 14, 2012) Builder 3rd class Laushane Boone from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB 1) secures a banner for a medical outreach Health Fair. Embarked personnel on board Military Sealift Command-chartered High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) coordinated the Health Fair to participate in Africa Partnership Station (APS) West 2012. APS is an international security cooperation initiative, facilitated by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, aimed at strengthening global maritime partnerships through training and collaborative activities in order to improve maritime safety and security in Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. John-David Schondelmeyer)
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony with the Tent Partnership for Refugees, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 12, 2022. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]
Pictures from a civil partnership, all lit by one Nikon SB700 on a light stand with a 24x24 softbox that was fired by a Pocket Wizard setup
Maverik — Adventure’s First Stop, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada, Nevada Department of Forestry, U.S. Forest Service – Humboldt – Toiyabe National Forest, and the Reno Fire Department joined the Reno community at Maverik to launch Maverik and BLM’s partnership focused on regional fire prevention awareness.
Pictures from a civil partnership, all lit by one Nikon SB700 on a light stand with a 24x24 softbox that was fired by a Pocket Wizard setup
TARAWA, Kiribati (June 2, 2015) An I-Kiribati girl watches as the Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) arrives in support of Pacific Partnership 2015. Tarawa is an atoll and the capital of the Republic of Kiribati, in the central Pacific Ocean and is the first country Millinocket is visiting during PP15. Now in its tenth iteration, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indio-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions have provided medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, PP15 has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through the completion of more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jonathan R. Kulp/Released)
Joel Krupa, representing the Get to Know Program, meets Smokey Bear in Los Angeles on June 25, 2009.
In the fall of 2018, the Yakama Nation Tribal Council agreed with WSDOT’s plan to construct roundabouts on US 97 at McDonald & Becker Road and at Jones Road. Construction is planned in 2021 and 2022. Outreach, education and community partnerships are ongoing and will continue well after construction.
The Yakama Nation and WSDOT are working together to improve safety along this highway.
H.E. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Honorary Chairperson of UNICEF Belgium, visited Ethiopia, 9-12 November 2015
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United States Army Africa
MEDFLAG 09: Partnership strengthens ties and friendships
By Staff Sgt. Lesley Waters
CJTF-HOA Public Affairs
MANZINI, Swaziland – Partnership was the key to success during MEDFLAG 09, a U.S. Army Africa exercise held this August that benefited thousands of people in Swazi villages.
That partnership was built on cooperation between the U.S. military and government of Swaziland, said Maj. Gen. William B. Garrett III, commander of U.S. Army Africa.
“Our pledge is to continue to serve side-by-side with our national and international partners to promote security, stability and peace in Africa, and of course in Swaziland,” Garrett said. “MEDFLAG 09 has been an important demonstration of our commitment to our African and partnered nations.”
The exercise included the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force, the Swaziland Ministry of Health, U.S. Army Africa and U.S. Africa Command.
Swazi medical staff got firsthand tips from U.S. medical officers. Meanwhile, the U.S. troops learned how to overcome the challenges to offering healthcare in rural African villages, Garrett said.
At a medical professional exchange, a dozen Swazi military and civilian medics took part in a seminar with U.S. medical officers – sharing ideas that build capacity to work together in the future. Through “first responder” mentoring, 25 Swazi medics from the USDF and the health ministry gained important tools that can help them in a crisis.
Overall, 16 Swazi medics, both military and civilians, took part in joint medical missions in local communities that helped Swazi people in need.
“Our Soldiers learned important lessons about how to operate in Africa, while the Swazi medical staff increased their capabilities through our interaction,” Garrett said. “As an added benefit, the people of Swaziland received quality care from this partnership effort.”
During the two-week exercise, roughly 2,400 medical and dental treatments were performed during visits to Swazi villages. At veterinary clinics, nearly 10,500 animals received treatment.
While in Swaziland, Garrett visited the joint U.S.-Swazi medical teams and spoke at the closing ceremony, held Aug. 14 at USDF headquarters.
“American and Swazi medics worked side-by-side to improve our readiness and enhance our ability to work together in combined medical operations,” Garrett said.
U.S. and Swazi teams carried out six veterinary civil assistance projects (VETCAPs), including a two-day visit to Hhohho Village in Zinyane Province, one-day at Shiselweni Village in Mkhwakhweni Province, one day at Manzini Village in Matufseni Province and a two-day visit in Lubombo Village in Maloma Province. During the VETCAPs, the veterinary team treated 6,792 cattle, 3,381 goats, 195 sheep, 195 dogs, one horse and one pig.
They also operated and successfully removed a benign tumor growing on the throat of a cow on the first day of VETCAPs.
“It was an unexpected surprise,” said U.S. Army Maj. Michael Simpson, of the Fort Dix, New Jersey-based 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, who was leading veterinary efforts during MEDFLAG 09. “Even though the tumor was benign it was near the throat. If it continued growing, it would have cut off the cow’s air passage and it would have suffocated.”
As the U.S. and Swazi veterinary teams treated the Swaziland livestock, medical and dental teams treated the local villagers.
The medical teams, which consisted of members from the 212th Combat Support Hospital, the U.S. Army Center for Health and Preventive Medicine and the 21st Sustainment Command, treated 1,519 patients during the six medical civil assistance projects (MEDCAPs).
“We saw patients who had everything from the basic cold to an elderly woman who had a goiter,” said 2nd Lt. Matthew McCreery, MEDFLAG 09’s executive officer.
The dental team, which consisted of members from the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Patrick AFB, Fla.; 59th Medical Wing, Wilford Medical Hall, Texas; and 212th CSH, treated 262 patients and extracted 273 teeth during the six dental civil assistance projects (DENCAPs).
“We were able to gain the trust of the Swazi villagers,” said Air Force Col. Dean Whitman, oral and maxillofacial surgeon. “Conducting these sorts of missions is important so the Swazis know we have good intentions and our primary concern is to help.”
During MEDFLAG 09, both U.S. and Swazi personnel conducted classes on disaster medical planning and operations, a mass casualty exercise and humanitarian and civic outreach to local communities. Classes included first responder familiarization, disaster relief, preventive medicine and tropical medicine.
“The health of the Swazi people and their livestock is clearly very important,” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Money, co-director of MEDFLAG 09. “It is our distinct privilege to have worked side-by-side with our new found friends from the USDF and the Ministry of Health, to deliver medical and veterinary care in all four regions of this beautiful land.”
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Photos by Air Force Staff Sgt. Lesley Waters. CJTF-HOA Public Affairs
PHOTO CAPTION: Army Capt. Julie Bridges, center for health promotion and preventive medicine nurse, demonstrates different preventive illness techniques to Hhohho villagers during the second of a two-day combined medical and dental civil assistance project (MEDCAP and DENCAP) as part of exercise MEDFLAG 09 in Lubombo Village, Swaziland on Aug. 13.
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