Vietnam Defence Forum

[Aqsuperman]

Gepard 487 preprae to go home

 

[Aqsuperman]

Before returning home, CSB 8020 decided to visit her sisters in the Philipine Navy

 

[Viet]

OHDACA-funded kindergartens open in Vietnam
December 12, 2017
Story and photos by
Sgt. 1st Class Corey Ray
U.S. Army-Pacific Public Affairs

LIEN THUY, Vietnam — Representatives from the U.S. Army-Pacific, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam were met with throngs of dancing children during a ribbon cutting ceremony at a new U.S. funded kindergarten, here, Dec. 7.

Lien Thuy is a commune located in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam and one of the poorest provinces in the country. The new regional, 10-room kindergarten can support the education of 320 children and doubles as a storm shelter as the region is prone to torrential rains and flooding.

Brig. Gen. Douglas Anderson, deputy commander, Army Reserve, USARPAC and commander of the 9th Mission Support Command, spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

LIEN THUY, Vietnam — Locals sneak a peek at festivities during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a U.S.-funded kindergarten, in Lien Thuy, Vietnam, Dec. 7, 2017. The new regional, ten-room kindergarten can support the education of 320 children and doubles as a storm shelter as the region is prone to torrential rains and flooding. U.S. Pacific Command has built 20 schools in Vietnam since 2009 using Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid funds. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Corey Ray)

“Since 2009, the U.S government, through the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster and Civic Aid (OHDACA) program, has partnered with the Vietnamese government and communities to construct schools, clinics, centers and bridges in many towns in Vietnam. And the Lien Thuy kindergarten is the 20th school we’ve built in Vietnam under our partnership program,” he said.

According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency’s website, OHDACA-funded activities are intended to directly address humanitarian needs, augment Combatant Commander (CCDR) capabilities to respond to humanitarian crises, help generate long-term positive perceptions and goodwill for Department of Defense, and promote cooperation with foreign military and civilian counterparts.

Concurrently, OHDACA-funded activities provide direct benefits to the HN by improving the basic living conditions of the civilian populace in a country susceptible to extremism, enhancing the legitimacy of the HN government by improving or building its capacity to provide essential services (such as health care or education) to its populace, and promoting stability in the HN or region.”

This was the second OHDACA-funded kindergarten opened in the last three days. The other was opened in the Quang Vinh Commune, Hue Province in Vietnam, Dec. 5. Each project cost approximately $500 thousand and was built in under a year.

The projects were requested by Vietnam, developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, sponsored and funded by U.S. Pacific Command and coordinated with the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam.

“This close cooperation between Vietnam and the U.S. reflects the spirit of our partnership between the two countries,” said Anderson.

 

[Farhan Bohra]

@Carlosa You might find this interesting, I think I predicted this happen in past, now India-Singapore officially signed the pact. For first 3 years,Indian Navy deploy 2 Brahmputra Class frigates.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/na...base-east-of-malacca-in-singapore/505455.html

http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopo...ve-read-about-china-and-singapore-india-naval

 

[Aqsuperman]

CSB 8020 is finally home.This mark the first transfer of lethal weaponry from the US to VN.

 

[Viet]

Strong women

"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" Actress Kelly Marie Tran in Singapore to promote the movie.

Lt. Đỗ Thị Hằng Nga in Sri Lanka to promote UN peace keeping operations

 

[Viet]

Pretty cool intevention, make old to new, unmanned radar guided 57mm artillery
automatic loading, firing speed 70 shells a minute, can operate day and night.

a battery of unmanned artillery

 

[Viet]

Visit of US General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, the Air Force Commander of US Pacific Central Command. It is reported he offers pilot trainings on weapon systems, Vietnam wants to acquire. P3 and F16. Good stuffs, the US has too many surpluses, why not give them to Vietnam? we defend peace in the region.

 

[Viet]

Congrats to Kathy Tran for winning a seat in the House of Delegates of Virginia

Also congrats to Dean Tran for winning a seat in the Senate of Massachusetts

 

[Aqsuperman]

Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, Commander of the Pacific Airforce paid a visit to the VPAF airbases.

 

[Aqsuperman]

Missile naval drill of the VPN. Expend a lot of KH 35 and 3M 54 it seems

 

[Viet]

Yes it seems a serious drill is undertaken with numerous missiles being fired by surface warships, submarines and coastal artillery. Including firing of expensive supersonic antiship missiles Kalibr by submerged submarines.

 

[Viet]

6 new patrol vessels coming

Until they fall apart.

 

[Viet]

Firing antiship missiles

 

[Viet]

History

In these days during Chrismas 1972, the US airforce launched the greatest ever air assault on civilian cities in the history of war. 153 strategic bombers B-52 taking off Guam und Utapao (Thailand) and 1,100 fighter jets taking off from their bases and 6 Aircraft Carriers operating in the Gulf of Tonkin launched wave after wave attacks on primary targets: Hanoi and Haiphong. Numerous US tank aircrafts were readied at the bases at Thailand and Philippines.
The destructions to Hanoi and Haiphong were enormous. North Vietnam air defence was strong with a vast network of radars, anti aircraft guns and SAMs, but the air force only had 100 Mig21 fighter jets.