Weathering the Storms Together: Improving US Humanitarian Efforts

Admiral Craig Faller (retired) and Patrick Paterson, PhD

Cover: Soto Cano, Honduras (Nov. 27, 2020) — Members of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 Detachment 6 assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) join U.S. Southern Command’s Hurricane Iota relief efforts in Central America, Nov. 27, 2020. Sioux City is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Juel Foster/Released)

ISBN-13: 978-1-61977-267-0

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March 2023