Foreign Humanitarian Assistance/Humanitarian and Civic Assistance Resources
Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit (FD-PMU)
Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit (FD-PMU)
The emergence of non-state threats and irregular warfare has resulted in national and naval leadership to emphasize shaping the regional security environment in and around areas of the world where security and economic interests are concentrated. As a result, naval forces have been committed to a wide variety of missions outside of traditional naval operations, including Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (FHA) and Humanitarian and Civic Assistance (HCA). These missions achieve several objectives including:
- Improving DoD visibility
- Influencing a partner nation or region
- Generating long-term, positive public relations and goodwill for the DoD
- Promoting interoperability and coalition-building with foreign military and civilian counterparts
- Improving basic living conditions of the civilian populace in a country/region susceptible to terrorist/insurgent influence
- Enhancing the legitimacy of the host nation by improving its capacity to provide essential services to its populace, including responding to disasters and other crises
- Building/reinforcing security and sustainable stability in a host nation or region.
The following has been compiled from a variety of governmental, non-governmental and international organizations to assist you in locating humanitarian/disaster relief information.
DoD Doctrine
- Capstone Concept for Joint Operations August 2005
- Multiservice Procedures for Humanitarian Assistance Operations 1994
- Joint Doctrine Civil-Military Operations, Joint Publication 3-57, February 2001
- Joint Publication Civil Support 3-28, September 2007
- Joint Doctrine for Military Operations Other Than War, Joint Publication 3-07, June 1995
- Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Foreign Humanitarian Assistance, Joint Publication 3-07.6, August 2001
- A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower, October 2007
- Quadrennial Defense review Report 2006
- Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine CONOPS
Presentations
Resources
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Assistance in Disaster Situations-A Guide for Effective Aid.
- World Wealth Organization (WHO). Communicable Disease Control in Emergencies: A Field Manual
- World Health Organization. Effective Media Communication During Public Health Emergencies. A WHO Handbook.
- World Health Organization. Emergency Vector Control After Natural Disaster. Scientific Publication No. 419. 1982.
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Vector and Pest Control in Refugee Situations. 1997.
- World Health Organization. Guidelines for Dengue Surveillance and Mosquito Control 1995. Western Pacific Education in Action Series No. 8.
- World Health Organization. Malaria Epidemics, Detection and Control Forecasting and Prevention. 1998.
- World Health Organization. Malaria Control in Complex Emergencies- An Inter-Agency Field Handbook.
- World Health Organization. Communicable Diseases Following Natural Disasters - Risk Assessment and Priority Interventions.
- World Health Organization. The Challenge in Disaster Reduction for the Water and Sanitation Sector: Improving Quality of Life by Reducing Vulnerabilities
- World Health Organization. Environmentally-Induced Population Displacements and Environmental Impacts Resulting from Mass Migrations.
- USAID. Field Operations Guide for Disaster Assessment and Response. September 2005:
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee Working Group – Civil-Military Relationship in Complex Emergencies. June 2004.
- WHO Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide:
- WHO: Frequently asked questions in case of emergencies
Instructions/Directives/Policy
Lessons Learned
- NOMI: USS Peleliu Pacific Partnership
- Joint Center for Operational Analysis, USJFCOM. Joint Lessons Learned: Keys to Successful International Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations 2004 to 2006.
- NOMI: Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief Lessons From a Hurricane. A Summary of Observations from Hurricane Katrina. April 2006.
- Special MAGTF Katrina Surgeon, MARFOR Katrina Medical Planner, and 4th Civil Affairs Group (CAG). Medical After-Action Report, MARFOR Katrina
- Hurricane Katrina: DoD Disaster Response
- Hurricane Katrina: Medical Perspective
Books/Publications
- USAF Air University: Humanitarian Intervention and Assistance
- CDHAM.org
- Sarah E. Archer. 2003. Civilian and Military Cooperation in Complex Humanitarian Operations. Military Review.
- JO1 (SCW/SS) James Pinsky. 2005. Making Southern Waters Safe. All Hands, 1063: 14-21.
- Humanitarian Assistance Medicine: Perceptions of Preparedness: A Survey-Based Needs Assessment of recent US Army Internal Medicine Residency Graduates. Military Medicine September 2006:
- The DoD Humanitarian and Civic Assistance Program Concepts, Trends, Medical Challenges. Maj Linda L. Ebling. March 1997:
- Military Humanitarian Assistance: The Pitfalls and Promise of Good Intentions. Military Medical Ethics, Volume 2. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie and Robert L. Mott.
- Humanitarian and Peace Operations: NGOs and the Military in the Interagency Process. Lisa Witzig Davidson, Margaret Daly Hayes and James J. Landon. December 1996:
- Guide to IGOs, NGOs, and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations. Adall, Pamela R., Mittenberger, Daniel, and Weiss, Thomas George. Washington, United States Institute of Peace Press, 2000.
- Basics of International Humanitarian Missions. Kevin M. Cahill. 2003.
- Improving Military Coordination with Relief Agencies and Allies in Humanitarian Operations. Daniel Byman, Ian O. Lesser, Bruce R. Pirnie, Cheryl Benard, Matthew Waxman
- US Participants Perspective on Military Medical Humanitarian Assistance Missions. CDHAM
- Overview of Overseas Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian and Civic Assistance and Excess Property Program. CDHAM
- Measuring the Effectiveness of Department of Defense Humanitarian Assistance. CDHAM
- The Effectiveness of Foreign Military Assets in Natural Disaster Response. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Afghan, Coalition Forces Offer Assistance, Defend America, August 2007
Training
Links
DoD
US Government
Academia
This page last updated on May 24, 2010.
Content last reviewed on May 4, 2010.
Content last reviewed on May 4, 2010.