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On 6/12/2008 3:51:28 PM Joseph Severino, U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer wrote
I'm U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Joseph Severino, Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) program manager for the United States Africa Command. The intent of the HMA program is to assist countries in relieving the suffering of the adverse effects of uncleared landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) while promoting U.S. interests. These goals are achieved by balancing various political, military, economic, and technological capabilities with available resources.
The Department of Defense (DoD) program, authorized by Title 10 U.S.C. section 407, is directly supervised by the geographic unified command commanders and is a critical component of the overall United States government mine action program. DoD's program concentrates on training host nations in the procedures of landmine clearance, mine risk education, and victims' assistance, as well as providing unique training and readiness-enhancing benefits to U.S. special operations forces while advancing geographical military commanders theater security cooperation strategies. The HMA program also aids in the development of indigenous leadership and organizational skills to sustain the programs after U.S. military trainers have redeployed. DoD may also provide supplies, equipment and services, not to exceed $10 million worldwide, to participating HMA host nations.
A nation desiring DoD HMA program assistance must make a formal request through the American Embassy to the Department of State. Selected members of the United States government Policy Coordination Committee (PCC) Sub-group on HMA conduct assessment visits to determine the requesting nations capabilities and needs. The PCC then approves/disapproves each nation to be a part of the HMA assistance program and tasks the Sub-group members to formulate a program to help the country neutralize the landmine and ERW problem and return cleared ground to the families affected by these hidden killers.
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