Meeting Shared Security Challenges

Counter Piracy and Maritime Security (PM/CPMS)

Date: 2012 Description: Safeguarding the Seaways: Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team of the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) practice boarding techniques from one the ship's rigid hull inflatable boats. © U.S. Navy photo
Fighting piracy is a vital element of the United States' strategic objectives in Somalia, which are to help this stressed nation to regain stability, eliminate terrorism, and respond to the humanitarian needs of its people. Learn more»

Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA)

Date: 03/10/2005 Description: Humanitarian Mine Action: Children play near a newly built Buddhist shrine in New Village Border, Cambodia along the Thai border. © AP Image
The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) creates local, regional and international conditions conducive to peace, stability and prosperity by curbing the illicit proliferation of conventional weapons of war such as light automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades, and removing and destroying others, such as persistent landmines and abandoned stocks of munitions, that remain and pose hazards after the cessation of armed conflict. Learn more»


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