DISAM Journal articles from December 2000

DISAM Journal archives from December 2000

The Office of Humanitarian Assistance and Demining: Supporting Humanitarian Needs Around the Globe.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2000... Walters, Jr.,, Tome H. I am delighted to introduce this section of the DISAM Journal relating to the responsibilities of Defense Security Cooperation Agency's (DSCA) Office of Humanitarian Assistance and Demining (HA/D) and how it fits...

The Right Tool: MAIC Information Services and Support Products.(Mine Action Information Center)
December 22, 2000... In the Spring 2000 issue of the DISAM Journal, we introduced the organizational history, structure and functions of the Mine Action Information Center (MAIC) at James Madison University that is under the direction of the Defense Security...

Information Management and Coordination: The Way Ahead.(Defense Security Cooperation Agency and Mine Action Information Center convened to discuss mine action information)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2000... Two challenges confront the mine action community in their attempts to manage and use information: the difficulties accessing accurate, reliable, and timely landmine information, and dealing with the incongruent forms in which that information...

U.S. Humanitarian Demining Support to Vietnam.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2000... A five-man delegation of Vietnamese humanitarian demining experts recently toured the U.S. to gain an appreciation of the American view of humanitarian demining concepts and operations. The visit, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State,...

International Standards for Mine Action: The United Nations, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, and Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
December 22, 2000... In November 1997, the Swiss Federal Council decided to establish and fund the activities of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD). The GICHD was formally established in April 1998, and its goal is to be an...

Southeast Asia Air Combat Data.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2000... Since 1994, the humanitarian demining offices in the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and U.S. Pacific Command, in conjunction with Management Support Technology, Inc. and the Air Force History Support Office, have been developing an...

Demining Support System: Field Support for Humanitarian Demining Missions Overseas.(Star Mountain Humanitarian and Security Training Group)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2000... The indiscriminate destruction and long-term damage caused by land mines have a devastating impact on economies and societies around the world. The United States Department of State estimates that there are 80 to 110 million land mines...

The U.S. Army Leads in Humanitarian Demining Training At Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
December 22, 2000... In 1996, the Secretary of Defense gave the U.S. Army the task of developing a humanitarian demining training program. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) established the...

HUMANITARIAN DEMINING.(US Demining 2010 Initiative)
December 22, 2000... The Problem Land mines left in the ground after the cessation of hostilities are a significant threat to human life, social organization and economic development throughout the world. As many as one hundred countries worldwide are affected...

Excess Property Program.(Dept of Defense Humanitarian Assistance)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2000... The Department of Defense Humanitarian Assistance Excess Property (EP) Program permits Department of Defense (DoD) to make available, prepare and transport non-lethal, excess DoD property to foreign countries when requested by the Department of...

Humanitarian and Civic Assistance Program.
December 22, 2000... United States military forces are permitted to carry out humanitarian assistance projects and activities as part of training operations overseas. These deployments are an integral aspect of maintaining a forward U. S. military presence,...

Humanitarian Assistance within the United States European Command More Than a Single Success Story.
December 22, 2000... October 2000, Africa Our drive out of the capital city of Manzini in the Kingdom of Swaziland began routinely. Our destination, the Good Shepherd Hospital located in the Lubombo region of the country, is a non-governmental and...

Security Assistance Training at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College: A Good News Story.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2000... The following story describes how going the extra mile and working together can have a significant, positive impact on the international military student and his family. It also highlights how various private and government organizations can...

Humanitarian Transportation Programs or How Little Programs Can Produce Big Peace Dividends.
December 22, 2000... The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) directs the funding and management of two programs that provide transportation of humanitarian supplies on behalf of private citizens, non-governmental organizations, international organizations,...

Humanitarian Daily Rations: Being Ready is Half the Battle.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2000... Meals-ready-to-eat -- better known as MREs -- like Hummers and woodland pattern battledress designs, became popular military products of the 1980s. Lesser known than the MREs, however, is their first cousin, the humanitarian daily ration, the...

Fiscal Year 2001 Security Assistance Legislation.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2000... Introduction Each year the DISAM Journal publishes a summary and analysis of the legislation that impacts our security assistance programs. In this issue, we present the seventeenth in a series of annual studies of the major pieces of...

What Does the Defense Acquisition Deskbook Have to Do with International Programs?(online service of the Dept of Defense)
December 22, 2000... If you have attended the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM) in the past few years you are probably aware of the Defense Acquisition Deskbook, but have you seen the Deskbook's internet site lately? To learn more about...

Dr. Larry A. Mortsolf.(Deputy Commandant of the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management honored at retirement ceremony)
December 22, 2000... Deputy Commandant of DISAM, Retries Dr. Larry A. Mortsolf, the Deputy Commandant of the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM) at Wright-Patterson AFB, was honored with a retirement ceremony at the DISAM Auditorium on...

Dave Carey.(Director of International Studies at Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management retires)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2000... Director of International Studies, Retires On December 20, 2000, his colleagues and friends honored William David Carey, Director of International Studies at Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM), at a breakfast that...

DISAM - A Great Organization.(Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management)(Transcript)
December 22, 2000... Introduction I joined the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM) in October of 1980. I knew from conversations with many people that it was a first class operation. It did not take long for me to realize why so many...

THE DISAM JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2000... Since absorbing the Office of Humanitarian Assistance and Demining in 1988, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has had the management responsibilities for a program of widespread acclaim and global impact. By employing DoD's...