In Asia, soldiers are helping to heal a wounded past by taking part in Joint Task Force Full Accounting, an effort to determine the fate of members of our armed forces killed or missing in action in Vietnam and Cambodia. At various locations worldwide, soldiers are working as part of humanitarian de-mining operations. Their goal is to help prevent further deaths and maiming of innocent people, many of them children, who are present victims of past conflicts. In Latin America, as part of Joint Task Force Bravo, our soldiers have supported humanitarian missions in Honduras since 1984. They are building trust and cooperation through medical training missions and regional cooperative security programs.
Soldiers drill wells and build roads, schools, and health clinics.
In Haiti, veterans, of their own free time and with no pay, started the School of Hope to teach English to Haitians. At home, veterans perform vital missions during disasters. Ask them what they've done in the past couple of years. In the Pacific Northwest and in Florida, soldiers in the Army Reserve or the Army National Guard will talk about fighting fires. In the Midwest, soldiers will speak of aiding flood victims and providing relief supplies and logistical support.