USAID calls on Camp Darby during cyclone crisis

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Although Italy is about 5,000 miles from Myanmar, Camp Darby is used to store, stage and send supplies provided by USAID in response to global crises, according to Army officials.


USAID calls on Camp Darby during cyclone crisis
By Lisa M. Novak, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Wednesday, June 11, 2007

Some of the aid being sent to victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar is coming from a U.S. Army warehouse in northern Italy.

When the cyclone hit on May 2, U.S. Agency for International Development officials called on the 3rd Battalion, 405th Army Field Support Brigade at Camp Darby in Livorno, Italy.

Although Italy is about 5,000 miles from Myanmar, Camp Darby is used to store, stage and send supplies provided by USAID in response to global crises, according to Army officials.

Last year, the base sent relief supplies to help battle wildfires that burned across large parts of Greece and sent aid to the Darfur region in Sudan. This time around, the brigade boxed up 3,200 rolls of plastic sheeting, 46,800 10-liter collapsible water containers, 3,000 5-gallon collapsible water containers and four water treatment units.

"We’re experts in pre-positioned materiel management, and USAID needs the ability to react rapidly to crises," said Alberto Chidini, the brigade’s supply director.


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