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Marines and sailors with SPMAGTF-ASEAN, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, support U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference in Hawaii, April 1-4, 2014, aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

Video package about a VIP visit to a level two medical facility during the Association of Southeast Nations Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus military medicine and humanitarian and disaster relief exercises June 18, 2013 in Brunei. More than 1,800 multinational personnel from 18 Asia-Pacific nations are participating in the ASEAN exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Staff Sgt. Jason W. Fudge// Released)

U.S. Navy Capt. Lynn Wheeler, deputy surgeon for U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks about working with other militaries and the capabilities of the level two triage center in Maura Base during the Association of Southeast Nations Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus military medicine and humanitarian and disaster relief exercises June 18, 2013 in Brunei. More than 1,800 multinational personnel from 18 Asia-Pacific nations are participating in the ASEAN exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Staff Sgt. Jason W. Fudge// Released)

Journalist from local and international press agencies tour Singapore and Indian Navy ships at Maura Base during the Association of Southeast Nations Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus military medicine and humanitarian and disaster relief exercises June 18, 2013 in Brunei. More than 1,800 multinational personnel from 18 Asia-Pacific nations are participating in the ASEAN exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Staff Sgt. Jason W. Fudge// Released)

The Association of Southeast Nations Defense Ministers Meeting-Plus begins the Military Medicine and humanitarian and disaster relief exercises June 17, 2013 in Brunei. More than 1,800 multinational personnel from 18 Asia-Pacific nations are participating in the ASEAN exercise. Includes sound bites from Lt. Col. (Dr.) Mohd Hafizul bin Haji Mohd Hassan, Royal Brunei Land Forces Senior Medical Officer and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Col. Kang Wee Lee, Co-chair Medical Officer for the Association of Southeast Nations Defense Ministers Meeting-Plus Military medicine Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Staff Sgt. Jason W. Fudge// Released)

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kristie Robson, emergency medicine physician, speaks about building cohesion with foreign nations during the Association of Southeast Nations Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief and Military Medicine Exercise hosted by Brunei Darussalam June 14, 2013 in Brunei. More than 1,800 multinational personnel from 18 Asia-Pacific nations are participating in the ASEAN exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Staff Sgt. Jason W. Fudge// Released)

This year Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN (ah-zi-ahn) Defence Ministers Meeting is accompanied for the first time by Field Training Exercises. The training is focused on Humanitarian and Disaster Relief as well Military Medicine Exchanges. Nick Tovo caught up with Multinational Medical Team getting ready to head to the field and has this report. Soundbites include Captain Suparman - Medic Indonesi; SSgt Andrew Steadman - 1984th Army Hospital, USARPAC and Col. Dr. Kang Wee Lee - Singapore Army Co-chair of ADMM exercise. Produced by Nick Tovo.

The Annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN (ah-zi-ahn) Defence Ministers Meeting is underway in the country of Brunei. The forum facilitates cooperation between ASEAN and partner nations in the Asia Pacific Region to help deal with various military matters and humanitarian relief. U.S. troops are participating and bringing their expertise. Nick Tovo is on the ground in Brunei and has the report. (Take Look Live Package) I’m standing on the Port of Muara Brunei Naval Base. There are 18 Asia Pacific Nations participating in this milestone ASEAN event. This is the first time the ASEAN conference is being held in tandem with a field training exercise encompassing exchanges in military medicine and humanitarian assistance response. Col Sahat Hamzah Many Asia Pacific Nations are situated on what is known as the Ring Of Fire… an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. “the reality of the pacific is there is 25 percent more chance or rather twenty five percent more likely chance that people who live in this region will be subject to a disaster. There is a large percentage of the worlds population who live here. 60 percent I think live here”- Col Pasnik And so the goal of the ASEAN conference is to foster cooperation between Asia Pacific Nations to work together in responding to natural disasters. The ASEAN exercise will present a life threatening situation that multinational troops will have to respond to… “in this exercise it’s a simulated typhoon. That rolls through the area and there a certain things that will happen because of that. Flooding, bridges are destroyed. Lack of water. There’s injuries and now a multinational force comes in and provides assistance in that scenario” Col Pasnik Soon more than 1,800 multi-national troops from the 18 participating nations will take the field as a team to learn how to work together and bring aid to people during times of crises or natural disasters. Nick Tovo, American Forces Network, Muara Brunei Naval Base. Soundbites include Colonel Sahat Hamzah - Royal Brunei Air Force Commander, ASEAN Multinational Coordination Center and Col Doug Pasnik - Officer in Charge of U.S. Participation. Produced by Nick Tovo - American Forces Network Hawaii.