MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga September 4, 2012-Armed Forces of the Philippines, through Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) and United States Pacific Air Force (PACAF) officially kicked-off its month-long Engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) with the construction of a classroom building at Cacutud Elementary School in Mabalacat city.
NOLCOM 1st Civil Relations Group commander LTC. Rosalio Pompa said “ENCAP is an American-funded series of combined Humanitarian Civil Assistance and Civil Military Operations under Pacific Unity 12-6 that is done in partnership with the provincial governments of Pampanga and Tarlac. The school building is due for completion on September 20.”
Relative to this, a Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP) and Dental Civic Action Program (DENCAP) in a form of military exercise cum outreach will be held in Villa Bacolor in Tarlac city to test the combined response of AFP doctors and dentists and partner stakeholders in a mass casualty situation.
Also, two Subject Matter Expertise Exchanges (SMEEs) on Master Base Planning and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR) and Table Top Exercise on HA/DR will be held in Basa Air Base in Floridablanca town in Pampanga and Clark Air Base that is to be attended by local government officials of Pampanga and Tarlac, Philippine National Police, national government agencies and non-governmental organizations. (Carlo Lorenzo J. Datu)
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