Military Mootw

Through the years, military forces are being employed in Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW). For an operational commander and staff, these operations present significant challenges: in many areas they are relatively unfamiliar, complex, involve a wide variety of agencies and are often protracted in duration. The term MOOTW describes a range of operations too diverse to analyze effectively. This reflective essay focuses on a particular form of MOOTW, in this case Humanitarian Assistance (HA). HA operations, like other forms of MOOTW, pose special concerns to commanders, staffs and forces especially to medical officers. This essay examines the nature of such operations, and argues that the development of appropriate measures of effectiveness is crucial to success. It presents a summary of concerns and lessons learned through experiences or happenings in military field. It associates the lessons and how the author cope up with the dilemmas she encountered. It summarizes the realization of that experience and how it changed the way she perceived things after. According to the Joint Doctrine for Military Operations Other than War, Humanitarian Assistance operations relieve or reduce the results of natural or manmade disasters or other endemic conditions such as human pain, disease, hunger, or privation in countries or regions outside the country (Joint Pub 3-07)
In the U.K., the term “Humanitarian Assistance” includes disaster relief, food aid, refugee relief and disaster preparedness. It generally involves the provision of material aid (including food, medical care and finance) and advice to save and preserve lives during emergency situations and in the immediate post-emergency rehabilitation phase to cope with short and longer-term population displacements arising out of emergencies.
It was the 26th of September 2009 when our country was taken by surprise as a serious weather disturbance wreaked havoc in the metropolis and nearby areas. Rain fell