Donald Bittner has been a doctor since 1981, but the Navy captain had never practiced medicine like he did March 26 while driving to a local restaurant with his wife.
A Black Hawk UH-60A+ medical evacuation aircraft and UH-60A Lift Helicopter arrived in Podgorica on Wednesday, February 22. In response to the Montenegrin Government’s request for assistance from NATO, the United States deployed these two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters and a support crew of over 40 to Montenegro.
The recent cold snap here has affected many countries across eastern Europe. SSgt Nathan Parry shows us how the United States is helping one country through a very difficult winter.
Bosnia Military to Military Exchange. U.S. and NATO forces called in for disaster assistance and relief effort due to heavy snowfall and bitter cold temperatures in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Airmen from the 37th Airlift Squadron on Ramstein AFB, Ramstein, Germany load supplies onto a C-130 Hercules on Feb.12, 2012. The delivery is part of a military-to-military exchange between Bosnia and Herzegovina and U.S. Forces in efforts to help citizens with severe weather, heavy snow and intense cold that have stricken the country over the last week.
On Feb.12, 2012 U.S. Forces made a delivery which is part of a military-to-military exchange between Bosnia and Herzegovina and U.S. Forces in efforts to help citizens with severe weather, heavy snow and intense cold that have stricken the country over the last week.
Sarajevo Airport personnel assist with downloading equipment that was delivered to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 12, 2012. The delivery was part of a military-to-military exchange between BiH and U.S. Forces.
Sarajevo Airport personnel assist with downloading equipment that was delivered to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 12, 2012. The delivery was part of a military-to-military exchange between BiH and U.S. Forces.
Sarajevo Airport personnel assist with downloading equipment that was delivered to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 12, 2012. The delivery was part of a military-to-military exchange between BiH and U.S. Forces.
Sarajevo Airport personnel assist with downloading equipment that was delivered to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 12, 2012. The delivery was part of a military-to-military exchange between BiH and U.S. Forces.
Sarajevo Airport personnel assist with downloading equipment that was delivered to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 12, 2012. The delivery was part of a military-to-military exchange between BiH and U.S. Forces.
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Gary Huffman, commander, NATO Headquarters in Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Force Deputy Chief of Joint Staff Major-General Rizvo Pleh stand in attendance after the delivery of equipment, Feb. 12. The delivery was part of a military-to-military exchange between BiH and U.S. Forces in efforts to help citizens with severe weather, heavy snow and intense cold that have stricken the country over the last week.
U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia Patrick S. Moon, talks to members of the 37th Airlift Squadron from Ramstein AB, Germany in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Feb. 12, 2012. Thanks and appreciation came after a military-to-military exchange between Bosnia and Herzegovina and U.S. Forces.
The U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Patrick S. Moon, talk to an American Forces Network (AFN) reporter in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Feb. 12, 2012. Moon stated that the help from the U.S. Forces were greatly needed as well as appreciated.
At the invitation of my good friend and colleague, AID Administrator Raj Shah, I had the chance to speak to his senior team about their extraordinary work on global issues of poverty, disease, and economic development.
The 3rd Battalion, 405th Army Field Support Brigade sent a shipment of humanitarian aid supplies to Pakistan Aug. 13 as requested by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Northwest Pakistan has experienced significant flooding caused by extremely heavy monsoon rains, and millions of Pakistanis have been impacted by the natural disaster.
As we learn time and again, Mother Nature demands our respect. Although the core competency of militaries is not humanitarian work, we are sometimes called upon to help respond to natural disasters, providing life-saving support to affected communities.
The recent flooding in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), in both entities and Brcko District, has inflicted extensive damage to infrastructure, interrupted water and electricity supply, caused landslides, and necessitated the evacuation of over 13,000 people.
NATO AIR BASE GEILENKIRCHEN, Germany — A NATO Trainer Cargo Aircraft (TCA) left Geilenkirchen Air Base with a humanitarian relief camp module from the Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Jan. 27
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- As relief continues to pour into Haiti after a devastating earthquake, aid packages being delivered by one military organization truly reflects the multi-national effort to assist the people of the stricken island nation.
LEGHORN ARMY DEPOT, Italy -- The 3/405th Army Field Support Brigade completed operations in support of U.S. Agency for International Development emergency relief efforts in Haiti, Jan. 18.