Friday, September 16, 2022 | Vol. 47, Number 37 SERVING TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE MILITARY COMMUNITY OF SOLANO COUNTY AMC Surgeon General visits Travis PAGE 2 Atlantic runway reopens, increases US, British capabilities PAGE 6 TRAVIS TAILWIND AIRMEN TRAIN, DELIVER AID TO HONDURAS STORY & PHOTOS ON PAGE 3
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BOTTOM LEFT: U.S. Air Force Col. Rudolph Cachuela, left, AMC surgeon general, listens to Staff Sgt. Robert Gyergyek, 60th Medical Group unit deployment manager, during a brief at Travis Air Force Base, Sept. 6.
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BOTTOM RIGHT: U.S. Air Force Col. Rudolph Cachuela, left, AMC surgeon general, observes 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron airmen conducting tactical combat casualty care training on a simulated patient at Travis Air Force Base, Sept. 6.
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“One of my personal take aways from my first flight in my new career field is witness ing how these trainings support growth on the road, enhance communication and draw the crew closer to become one team, one fight when it comes to rapid global mobility,” Hopkins said.
With the guidance of his in structor, Tech. Sgt. Beverly Cas tro, 22nd Airlift Squadron C-5M flight engineer instructor, Hop kins’ transition from simulators and theoretical systems studies, to real-world applications in op erations came to fruition for the first time on this mission.
Each student on board re ceived guidance and debriefs during flight and upon comple tion of their performance at ev ery stop from their respective career field instructor.
these MSTT missions is obvious ly to expedite students’ upgrade training, but just as important is to build our loadmasters’ com petence and confidence,” said Tech. Sgt. Jacob Buruato, 22nd Airlift Squadron loadmaster in structor.These long missions allow pilots, flight engineers and load masters the opportunity to check off tasks required to reach profi ciency.“These training missions are imperative to the development of our students’ skillset and ulti mately, to mission success.” Bu ruato said. “Whether you are a pilot, flight engineer or a load master student, MSTTs equip our airmen with additional knowledge and real-world expe rience to tackle obstacles in the future should they face any.”
Airmen train, deliver aid to Honduras
BELOW: U.S. airmen assigned to the 22nd Airlift Squadron configure the ramp for pallet loading on a C-5M Super Galaxy as part of a Major Command Service Tail Trainer mission at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 24.
SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Airmen assigned to the 22nd Airlift Squadron and 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Travis Air Force Base collaborated to deliver more than 90,000 pounds of hu manitarian aid to Honduras during a combined Major Command Service Tail Trainer and Denton cargo mission Aug. 21-31.
Maj. Zachary Barrington, 22nd Airlift Squadron C-5M Su per Galaxy pilot instructor, led a 14-member crew that delivered approximately $38,000 worth of medical supplies and oth er goods to support the Denton Program, which allows private U.S. citizens and private organi zations to transport humanitar ian goods to approved countries in need.Thecrew consisted of pilots, flight engineers, loadmasters and crew chiefs with varying levels of experience. Each mem ber received real-world opera tions training for the C-5M, en abling some members to become fully qualified and ready to sup port rapid global mobility.
Both students and instruc tors benefit during these training missions.“Themoment when your stu dent understands and realiz es the importance of their role
during a mission is very reward ing,” Buruato said. “And missions tend to drive that new found mindset Dual-purposehome.”missions like these tend to do just that.
“One of our goals during
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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dominic Thibodeaux, left, 22nd Airlift Squadron loadmaster instructor, debriefs Staff Sgt. Kevin Garcia-Andrade, 22nd AS loadmaster, on loading procedures during a flight over the Caribbean Sea August 26.
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LEFT: U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob Buruato, left, Staff Sgt. Seiya Hicks, center, and Senior Airman Symone Chur Martin, 22nd Airlift Squadron C-5M Super Galaxy loadmasters, review manual procedures after a pallet onload at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Aug. 25. During the trip, the aircrew also delivered over 90,000 pounds of humanitarian aid to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras.
“Flying into Honduras was a unique experience on its own,” Hopkins said. “Realizing that these supplies contribute to the development of that country helped me put things into per spective.”Therest of the training con sisted of stops to places such as Colorado, Ohio, Florida, South Carolina and Portugal.
“It was incredible to witness how the crew divides and con quers each challenge to suc cessfully deliver aid where it’s needed,” said Staff Sgt. Dar ren Hopkins, a recently crosstrained 22nd Airlift Squadron C-5M flight engineer.
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Air Force seeks mediators to help with conflict resolution
“Conflictplaying.management seems like a simple skill; but in prac tice, it’s challenging to do well,” Mlinaz said. “It should be as pro fessional and comfortable as it can be, and this training only en hances the skills of our media tors in the field.”
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After advanced course com pletion, mediators participate in a mentorship program for six months where they meet to comediate with Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service media tors to continue sharpening their skills. Those mediators may then train and assist other inexperi enced mediators throughout the department.“Nomatter which installation you are assigned to – Air Force or Space Force – if you have some sort of issue and think you can benefit from a neutral par ty to have a conversation, you can reach out and get the asset,” Mlinaz said.
Don Satterlee, B-1 Bomb er Division chief for operations and veteran mediator, offers this advice to those considering be coming a mediator: “First, check your bias, hone your listening skills and hone your patience. The mediation process can take anywhere from a couple of hours to several months.”
Mediation provides airmen, guardians and civil servants an alternative solution to litigation for workplace conflicts. Both parties can come together with resolution neutrals who can as sist them in breaking down the issue.“Mediation looks at improv ing the workplace relationship going forward,” said Kimberly A. Mlinaz, Negotiation and Dis pute Resolution program direc tor. “While litigation primarily focuses on the specific instance, it does not address any under lying problems or the relation ship as a whole. When you take a workplace complaint to litiga tion, both parties lose control of theElliotoutcome.”Moore, Special Oper ations Command Equal Oppor tunity functional manager and veteran mediator, describes mediation as a place where disput ing parties can feel empowered.
Formal training is required to become a mediator for the De partment of the Air Force. Em ployees must complete a Depart ment of the Air Force-sponsored basic mediation course and are asked to co-mediate three me diations with Department of the Air Force mediators before they can mediate for Department of the Air Force independently. The department requires medi ators to attend eight-hours of re fresher training annually to keep their skills sharp.
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“Mediation helps people to know they can agree to dis agree, agreeably,” Moore said. “They can come to the table and talk with one another instead of at one another. When they can come together to see the oth er person’s point of view, who knows? They may be able to re solve the conflict and become the best of Describedfriends.”as “guardrails,” mediators must remain neutral to create a safe and trusted envi ronment where open discussions can take place.
For Department of the Air Force’s more experienced medi ators, U.S. Air and Space Forces partnered with the Federal Me diation and Conciliation Service, a federal agency with a conflict management mission, for their Advanced Mediation Course Aug. 22-31 in Washington, D.C. This hybrid training allowed De partment of the Air Force mediators to take part in high-emo tion exercises, technology use and questioning techniques. The course consisted of virtual train ing as well as in-person, inten sive role
Student mediators, Gary Ratcliffe, Master Sgt. Lesli Pape and Donald Satterlee, role play during a mock mediation scenario of the Advanced Mediation course held in Washington, D.C., Aug. 31. The Department of the Air Force partnered with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to bring about this training.
BASE — Military children can exercise their creativity and play in-store in celebration of World Play-Doh Day at the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s Kitch en Creations event Saturday.
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The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is hosting a worldwide sweepstakes extravaganza for the Air Force’s 75th birthday, with $11,500 in prizes.
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“The Exchange is excited to welcome America’s youngest he roes in store for this free event on World Play-Doh Day,” Tra vis Exchange General Manag er Phonda Bishop said. “This is a great opportunity for military children to have fun and be cre ative in a safe environment.”
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Children can take their cre ations home after the event. Ad vance registration is not re quired for the event. Shoppers can contact the Travis Exchange at 707-437-4633 for more information.
Children ages 3 and older can create and decorate their favor ite treats using Play-Doh from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. in the toy depart ment at the Travis Exchange. Play-Doh and other supplies will be provided for participants. Sanitizing wipes and paper
Thanks to Air Force Civ il Engineer Center’s collabora tive work approach, teamwork, consistency, and day and night work shifts, Sanchez said paving was completed 14 days ahead of schedule.Capt. Corey Pinsonneault, a training officer and aircraft commander with the 21st Air lift Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, was at the controls of a C-17 Globemaster III, the first aircraft that landed on Ascen sion’s newly paved runway.
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The outpost, located between South America and Africa, is a critical air transport hub for pas sengers and cargo and the air bridge to the Falkland Islands for Britain’s Royal Air Force missions.The$309 million project is a jointly funded investment by the U.S. and British governments that requires a Air Force Civ il Engineer Center on site pres ence to keep construction mov ing on Sinceschedule.February 2022, Maj.
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“It took a combined effort with our mission partners to solve many critical challenges and achieve a lot of milestones over the last six months to get this project to the half-way point,” Sanchez said.
“The runway looked real ly nice and was smooth during the landing,” the captain said.
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A C-17 Globemaster lands on the newly completed eastern runway on Ascension Island Aug. 31. Following completiontheof the first half of the runway, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center is preparing to begin its work on the western runway in the coming weeks.
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTO NIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Ascension Island Auxiliary Airfield resumed full flight operations re cently with the opening of the newly paved eastern portion of the runway after a year of con struction.AC-17 from Travis Air Force Base made the first landing on the new Thanksrunway.tothe ongoing efforts of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, spear headed by the Air Force Civ il Engineer Center, the first air craft landed on the freshly paved surface Aug. 31.
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Harrizon Sanchez, an Air Force Civil Engineer Center project manager, has led the work on site and successfully carried the first half of the runway construc tion over the finish line.
“The crew and I had to do two low passes to check out the air field for the Federal Aviation Administration flight inspector who was onboard, so I got a great look at the airfield. It looks great overall and will be even better once the entire length is opened up Theagain.”C-17 is one of the few air craft in the world able to fly the distance to Ascension and then land and take off on the available runway length, Pinson neault“Currently,said. we have to make a fuel stop after takeoff in or der to fly back to the states or even to most of Europe, due to
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to phase three of the project – the western side of the runway – on the remote, British-owned island that supports military missions and commercial flights.
A C-17 Globemaster comes in to land on the newly completed eastern runway on Ascension Island Aug. 31. Following the completion of the first half of the runway, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center is preparing to begin its work on the western runway in the coming weeks.
The milestones to accomplish the second half are similar to the previous phases before the fi nal FAA inspection and turning the runway over to its U.S. Space
“We learned a great deal from the eastern-side construction and hope to expedite the demo lition work and the sub-base rebuild on the western side, al lowing us to turn the completed airfield back to the host nation and the Space Force earlier than planned,” Sanchez said.
the decrease runway length,” he said. “Once it’s increased to its original size you’ll start to see many other types of aircraft landing at Ascension and be able to depart directly to their final destination without needing a fuel stop in between, both saving time and money for everyone in volved.”With the eastern half of the runway up and running, demoli tion of the western half begins in the coming weeks.
“I look forward to engaging with the contractors, the Space Force and British partners to make this project a success,” Coomber said.
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Sanchez is now transitioning back to San Antonio and the new Air Force Civil Engineer Center program manager, Maj. Adam Coomber, is already on site.
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Tech. Sgt. Luther Mitchell Jr./U.S. Air Force U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sylvia Carranza, 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron air adviser, wears a virtual reality headset and hand controllers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Sept. 8. Air advisers are using virtual reality to enhance their French language program and advisory role capabilities.
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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKE HURST, N.J. — Air advisers assigned to the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron are using virtual reality to en hance their language learning program and take their advisory role to the next level.“Language maintenance is a key as pect of the success of the 818th MSAS language program and building relation ships with our African partners,” said Staff Sgt. Hamed Beugre, 818th Mobili ty Support Advisory Squadron air advis er. “Allowing members to maintain the ability to converse with our counterparts is a cornerstone of the unique mission set it supports.”The818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron is now in possession of 15 Oc ulus Quest 2 Virtual Reality headsets and hand controllers, equipped with four modules of African French immersion scenarios. The software provides inter active scenarios that give air advisers the opportunity to make mistakes and learn cultural and linguistic factors unique to Africa before departing on a real-world
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The topics of the VR program com prise: key leader engagement in West Af rican country and North African coun try, checkpoint stop on rural highway in West African country and encounter on air base in West African country, with Af rican counterpart, upset about evaluation report.Air advisers can access the program at the Dr. Clive Roberts Language Lab in Building 1907, opened in September 2019, to provide airmen with a better way to learn and enhance their French. It offers traditional and unique ways to brush up on French, including books, board games, study booths and French TV shows.
The 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron is a companion unit to the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron at Travis Air Force Base
mission.“You can practice specific scenarios that may be encountered in Africa such as navigating police checkpoints, ordering food, and checking into a hotel,” Beugre said. “This allows the member to not only practice their language abilities, but also see what skills they need to brush up be fore departing for the continent.”
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The 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron acquired the VR equipment six months ago and though it hasn’t rolled it out completely across the squadron, members are positive about the impact it will have on future missions.
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“This program is a big bonus to our training,” Beugre said. “I’m super excited.”
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During Covid-19, air advisers realized the importance of creating ways for members to maintain and increase their language abilities without the chance of traveling or in-per son learning. For them, the Oculus virtual reality system has been an answer to that problem.
The 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron airmen travel to roughly 20 different countries in Africa through out the year on a variety of relationship-building and knowl edge-sharing missions. These missions require that they be able to communicate in the local language, which is usually French or English.
“The point of this VR software is to prepare air advisers for complicated situations they may face on a mission in a foreign language, in this case French,” said U.S Air Force Tech. Sgt. Guillaume Allardice, 818th Mobility Support Ad visory Squadron air adviser. “The reason we do this in vir tual reality is because, there is never enough cadre to run each individual through practice scenarios.”
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Virtual event kicks off Digital Agents of Change campaign
“There are digital champions among us who are succeeding against the op position. These enemies of progress are not necessarily the bad guys, but they are those individuals who are clinging to the status quo or have built silos that re sist integration. This includes bureau cratic processes as well as information technology obstacles that halt innova tion and advancement,” said Vincent Pec oraro, Department of the Air Force Dig ital Transformation Office lead program
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so we can acquisition better and faster. You all know somebody who has done something to move the needle in this area; our goal is to get visibility and recognition for these individuals and what they are doing to drive change.”
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BASE, Ohio (AFNS) — The Department of the Air Force Digital Transformation Office has launched a new initiative to recognize individuals across the enter prise who are driving change in the digi tal Adomain.virtual kick-off event Sept. 8 intro duced more than 175 digital ‘doers’ from across the Air and Space Force to the Dig ital Agents of Change campaign. The goal of the program is to continue to motivate
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the grassroots digital transformation ef forts by highlighting both successes as well as instances where individuals have failed forward, bringing new insights with the potential to drive transforma tional“Throughchange.enhanced fundamentals and by seeking out digital-first strategies, we can generate seamless collaboration and a digitally-empowered Air and Space Force,” said Kyle Hurst, Department of the Air Force Digital Transformation Of fice chief, to kick off the virtual event.
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According to the Digital Transfor mation Office team, efforts to drive dig ital transformation are often met with barriers in terms of culture, bureaucra cy, funding, training and more; this cam paign seeks to recognize individuals who have rallied against the “enemies of prog ress” to further change.
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Russia’s economy has wob bled but not collapsed under Western punitive measures, performing better than expect ed thanks to high energy prices and aggressive state measures to shore up the ruble and avoid a currency collapse. But August revenue figures from the Min istry of Finance signaled a lon ger-term problem, as Moscow gradually loses its most import energy market, in Europe, and must accept discounted prices in Asia.Russia had reduced gas sup plies to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline in recent months and finally cut supplies this month, in moves designed to tighten pressure on Europe and
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“The last few months have been extremely difficult for you. Therefore, I am asking you: Take care of yourself; you are the most precious we have,” he said.The visit from Zelensky, appearing in army fatigues and standing in front of a burned building with the windows blown out, was one of his many com bat-zone trips that have provided a contrast between the youthful Ukrainian leader and the aging Russian president, Vladimir Pu tin, who calls the war a “special military operation” and has not visited his soldiers in the field.
European Commission Presi dent Ursula von der Leyen con demned Russia during her State of the European Union Speech on Wednesday for “actively ma nipulating our energy market.”
“They prefer to flare the gas than to deliver it,” von der Ley en said. “This market is not func tioning anymore,” she added, warning that Europe faces tough months ahead as a result.
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Zelensky, striking a reso lute tone, said that while Russia might temporarily occupy parts of Ukraine, “it is definitely im possible to occupy our people, the Ukrainian people.”
manager.Thejourney and challeng es faced by the A-10 team in converting two-dimension al data to 3-D models was shared during the event as an example of a digital transfor mation success. This was a paradigm shift for suppliers as well as internal Air Force program offices and engi neering teams who were not trained to work with the new 3-D models for aircraft sus tainment. These digital trans formations drove changes to training, resources, person nel, and funding; however, the changes have proven success ful, with use-case valid in oth er areas.“TheA-10 effort is just one example of a digital success. We have digital doers across the Air and Space Force. With this campaign, we want to help them bring ideas to scale,” Pecoraro said.
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But von der Leyen, who was due to travel to Kyiv on Wednes day to meet Zelensky, said sanc tions would persist, praised Ukraine’s indomitability and pledged that Europe would stand by the country. “Putin will fail, and Ukraine and Europe will prevail,” she said.
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Zelensky visits liberated Izyum as Ukraine seeks to keep Russia on the run
Ukrainian President Volody myr Zelensky made a bold vis it on Wednesday to the recent ly liberated city of Izyum, in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv re gion, where he participated in a flag-raising ceremony to mark the nation’s most important mili tary victory since Russian invad ers were repelled from the sub urbs of Kyiv in late March.
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“The heroes are here,” Zel ensky said, describing the sig nificance of the blue-and-yellow banner. “It means that the ene my is gone, ran away.”
raise fears of a tough winter, as the Continent tries to wean itself off cheap Russian gas.
struggling in Ukraine, Moscow’s finances are coming under sim ilar intensifying pressure. Gov ernment financial data released on Wednesday showed a dramat ic drop in oil and gas revenue in August because of sanctions and lower sales of energy to Europe.
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Western military and intelli gence analysts say Russia’s forc es appear to be severely deplet ed, largely incapable of offensive operations to retake ground, and potentially vulnerable to further attacks. Ukraine’s military, in turn, seems intent on pressing its counteroffensive in the east and the“Wesouth.thank all of you for lib erating our state from the ene my - from the terrorists of the Russian Federation and from the traitors who betrayed our state with the bills of artificial repub lics,” Zelensky said, addressing Ukrainian soldiers.
Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukraine had recaptured just over 3,0oo square miles during offensives in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions. Zelensky’s pre cise territorial claims could not be verified, but the Russian De fense Ministry has acknowl edged a major retreat, which it called a decision to “regroup.”
The swift and remarkably successful counteroffensive that liberated Izyum, and towns and villages throughout the Kharkiv region, has proved to be both a crucial military victory as well as a psychological triumph, lift ing national spirits, reinforcing Ukraine’s international support and sparking calls for addition al weapons and equipment, in hopes of capitalizing on what seems to be a turning point in the nearly seven-month war.
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The lawmakers, led by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), say that USAID has relied too heavily on the United Nations to deliver needed aid, and cited a staffing short fall in USAID’s Bureau of Humanitari an Assistance, which they said had “the equivalent of four and a half full-time
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The letter said that as of this month USAID had allocated 73 percent of the first aid package toward specific activi ties or items, and 50 percent of the second, leaving nearly $3 billion unallocated.
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Republican senators are urging the Biden administration to move more quickly to spend funds authorized to blunt the global toll of the war in Ukraine, sin gling out the delivery of U.S. humanitarian aid as a major bottleneck.
“We are worried . . . that the American people’s generosity is not being proper ly and swiftly used to help Ukraine,” the senators said in a Sept. 9 letter to USAID Administrator Samantha Power. “These extraordinary Congressional appropria tions must be quickly and effectively mo bilized to address the unfolding crisis.”
The spokesperson said that USAID had decided to hold back some mon ey into 2023 to ensure continued funding and make sure that, if additional supple mental funds are not provided again, the agency has the resources to help those in need.“This will be a long-term crisis,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “We have to be prudent in our planning to en sure that we have enough funding to ad dress emergency needs over at least the next six months.”
They said requests for USAID to work through a more diversified group of aid organizations and accelerate food aid deliveries had not been adequately an swered.After the conflict erupted, Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian grain exports and spiraling inflation intensified food insecurity worldwide, with particular problems in places including the Horn of Africa. A Turkish-brokered deal to resume grain exports in July has provided some relief.
in part directed at helping refugees and stanching widespread food insecurity.
On Tuesday, a USAID spokesperson, speaking on the condition of anonym ity under rules set by the agency, said the United States had provided almost $7.6 billion in global food security aid since the war began and was working to distribute a major “scale up” of aid levels in recent months.
The lawmakers requested that USAID provide a detailed plan for spend ing the remaining money, asking that no more than a quarter of funds allotted for Ukraine be held over for the subsequent year. They also asked USAID for a staff ing plan for contracting officers to match workloads to their staff.
Nine senators, including the rank ing Republicans on the chamber’s For eign Relations and Judiciary committees, urged the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to spend humani tarian aid funds totaling $7 billion allocat ed in two aid packages related to the war in Ukraine.Seeking to assist Kyiv following Rus sian President Vladimir Putin’s Feb. 24 invasion and mitigate the global effects of the war, Congress has passed sever al large packages including funds for de fense, trade and humanitarian activities,
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