BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 26-28 November 2012 - RBAF had hosted the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief and Military Medicine Exercise (ADMM PLUS HADR & MM EX) ASEAN Steering Committee Meeting (SCM), Reconnaissance of the Exercise Area and Site Visit on the 26th to 28th of November 2012. This event involves 5 countries that comprises of People’s Republic of China, Japan, Singapore, India and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Military personnel and disaster assessment expertise from various nations participating the ADMM Plus HADR & MM Ex are convening in this meeting to further discuss the planning and implementation of the multi-lateral interoperability exercise.
The meeting was held at The Rizqun International Hotel, Gadong. The SCM is the continuation of the previous Initial Planning Conference (IPC) which was held last August. The formation of the Steering Committee for the ADMM-Plus HADR and MM Exercise consist of Brunei Darussalam as the Host Nation; China and Vietnam as the Co-Chairs of the ADMM-Plus Experts' Working Group (EWG) on HADR; as well as Japan and Singapore as the Co-Chairs of the ADMM-Plus on EWG MM.
The SCM focuses on the indicative contribution of military assets and personnel from the participating countries, reviewing the exercise area and scenarios as well as focusing on enhancing the upcoming Exercise Organisation of Multi–National Coordination Centre (NMCC) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) of ADMM Plus HDAR & MM Exercise for the upcoming exercise in June 2013.
Prior to SCM, the delegation had a site visit to Rimba Royal Brunei Air Force Base follow by Muara Royal Brunei Navy Base. The following day, the delegation visited Temburong District to have a closer look on the exercise ground. The purposed of these site visits is to allow the planners to appreciate and consider the contribution that they going to commit for the next year exercise. This also had given them first hand information and thus drawing out limitation for the exercise.
The SCM focuses on the indicative contribution of military assets and personnel from the participating countries, reviewing the exercise area and scenarios as well as focusing on enhancing the upcoming Exercise Organisation of Multi–National Coordination Centre (NMCC) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) of ADMM Plus HDAR & MM Exercise for the upcoming exercise in June 2013.