Pacific Partnership 2011 is an annual Humanitarian Civic Assistance (HCA) program sponsored by the Commander US Pacific Fleet. The deployment aims to strengthen alliances and promote multilateral security cooperation. The ADF is participating with a mix of about 50 engineering and medical personnel.The Provincial Afghan Government in Uruzgan passed a major milestone recently with the successful and safe conduct of a province-wide meeting that drew more than 700 elders and leaders to Tarin Kot in southern Afghanistan.
The International Stabilisation Force’s Civil-Military Cooperation team in East Timor has run a suite of courses designed to enhance the planning and conduct of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response.
The Scheme, which commences on 1 May 2011, requires Defence to release a plan of how it intends to administer the IPS. Defence invites written comments on our draft Information Publication Scheme Plan by Friday 15 April 2011.