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WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COMOPERATIONSHistorical PerspectiveA humanitarian assistance operation conducted by a US Army CA unit in the Republic of Cameroon inAfrica provided relief to a nation devastated by disease. In 1989, the US Embassy and the Ministry ofPublic Health in Cameroon proposed a campaign to inoculate citizens against meningitis, a disease tharavages that tropical country each year during the dry season. The embassy defense attached office(DAO) contacted USEUCOM and plans were drawn to support a humanitarian assistnace exercise inconjunction with CA support. In February 1991, a medical team from the 353d Civil Affairs Command,working in conjunction with the host nation, inoculated more than 58,000 people against menigitis andtreated an additional 1,700 people for other ailments. This exercise not only accomplished its humanitariangoals but also provided an opportunity for the unit to train and use its language skills. At the sametime, it enhanced the image of the United States with a grateful country.the US. The sale of defense items may require trainingon the operation and maintenance of military equipment.Mobile training teams, resident instruction inUS Army schools, and similar methods are used toconduct this training. The FMSP differs from theIMETP in that the recipient pays for equipment, services,and training.Occasionally situations require accelerated securityassistance when allied or friendly nations face animminent threat. During these surges of increased assistance,operations focus on logistical support but mayrequire more forceful measures.NATION ASSISTANCENation assistance supports a host nation’s effortsto promote development, ideally through the use ofhost nation resources. In United Nations terms, nationassistance equates to peace-building operations.The interagency orchestration of all the elements ofnational power is essential for success. It supports theambassador’s country plan and the CINC’s regionalplans. The goals of nation assistance are to promotelong-term stability, to develop sound and responsivedemocratic institutions, to develop supportive infrastructures,to promote strong free-market economies,and to provide an environment that allows for orderlypolitical change and economic progress. These goalscan only be accomplished through education and thetransfer of essential skills to the host nation.SUPPORT TO COUNTERDRUGOPERATIONSMilitary efforts principally support law enforcementagencies, the counterdrug efforts of other USagencies, the states, and cooperating foreign governmentsto interdict the flow of illegal drugs at the source,in transit, and during distribution.Support to host nations includes assistance to theirforces to destroy drug production facilities; collaborationwith host nation armed forces to prevent exportof illegal drugs; and nation assistance to help developeconomic alternatives to production, exportation, anddistribution of drugs. Support to interdiction effortscenters on monitoring and detecting illegal drugs intransit as well as integrating C3I systems. US forcesmay well assist host nation forces at war while theyare in an operations-other-than-war posture.Support for domestic counterdrug operations includesmilitary planning and training assistance for domesticlaw enforcement agencies, National Guard participation,equipment loans and transfers, use of militaryfacilities, and other assistance as requested andauthorized. This support may expand as national policyand legal prohibitions evolve.COMBATTING TERRORISMThe Department of State is the lead US agency incombatting terrorism overseas or on the high seas; theDepartment of Justice (the Federal Bureau of13-6