1. The Increasing Need for Military Collaboration in Whole-of-Society Disaster Preparedness Rebecca Chestnutt Disaster Management Advisor Center for Disaster & Humanitarian Assistance Medicine Asia Pacific Military Health Exchange

2. Overview Describe a model for sustainable military and civilian capacity-building in disaster preparedness Explain the challenges/considerations in implementing this program model Describe how such programs benefit both partner nation militaries and the USG regarding stakeholder relationships 2

3. Increasing impact – natural disasters 3 Flooding Salinization of ground water Drought Climate migration

4. Resilience 4

5. Disaster Response 5

6. 2 Examples: Liberia and Nepal 6

7. Overview 7 Buy in from senior officials Steady state activities  Assessments  Planning  National exercises  Policies & regulations  Policy and plan adoption  Regional collaboration Military-led support for:

8. Challenges 8

9. Benefits 9

10. 10 NATIONALREGIONALMILITARY  Identification of current disaster management capacities  Development/enhancement of national civilian and military contingency plans  Development/enhancement of strategic work plans  Exercises to test disaster management capacities  Enhancement of legal frameworks  Increased support from international organizations  Increased engagement with regional organizations and networks on disaster and resilience initiatives  Senior leadership exchange between Asian/Pacific nations  Subject matter exchange between Asian/Pacific nations  Execution of regional exercises and training activities  Sustained relationships, domestically and internationally  Increased disaster management capacity  Enhanced integration between the military, and the civilian disaster management agencies  Increased civil-military cooperation  Increased visibility of the military’s unique capacities in health and disaster management Strategic benefit: Increased resilience

11. The Increasing Need for Military Collaboration in Whole-of-Society Disaster Preparedness Questions? 11