Dhaka: The Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions senior Army leaders will meet during the second week of September which will be held in Dhaka.
They will meet for the thirty-eighth Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS) where around 23 nations in the region will attend the seminar, said a press relaese.
The theme for PAMS is “A new focus on the Asia-Pacific region: Opportunities and challenges for land forces”.
During PAMS, seminar participants will discuss topics that relate to this theme.
They are: “Practicing cooperation, developing interoperability of concepts for non-traditional security”; “Balancing requirements for meeting traditional and non-traditional threats”; “Civil-military and multinational cooperation, the essential elements for future stability”; “Building response capacity of land forces for issues of environmental security”.
General Iqbql Karim Bhuiyan, Chief of Army, Bangladesh and General Vincent Brooks, Commander, U.S. Army, Pacific will deliver welcome remarks for PAMS.
PAMS is co-hosted by the U.S. Army, Pacific and the Bangladesh Army.
It is a multinational military seminar that provides a forum for senior-level (lieutenant colonel to lieutenant general, or national equivalent) officers from the Asia Pacific’s regional ground forces to exchange views and ideas.
It is not only a forum to enhance understanding of the subjects studied, it also provides an opportunity for the future leaders of the region’s armies to establish and cultivate a set of strong interpersonal relationships.
Pacific Armies Management Seminars have been held throughout the Asia Pacific Region since 1978.
The long-term objective of PAMS is to facilitate capacity building via information exchange and dialogue on theme and topics, promote security cooperation in an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect, support the Army’s efforts in rebalancing the Asia-Pacific theater and reassuring regional allies and partners in the interests of national security, of the U.S. Army’s commitment to the region.
BDST: 1825 HRS, SEP 12, 2014
