Admiral Robert Papp, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, leads a vital military service with far-reaching responsibilities. One of these responsibilities currently receiving widespread attention is the Arctic. In 2011 Congressional testimony, Papp once commented that “the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has zero capability in the Arctic.” But this past summer the Coast Guard conducted Operation Arctic Shield. According to Papp, “We just completed our fo...

The Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) is part of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) within the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine (MEM). USUHS is a center of excellence for military and public health education and research, and it is dedicated to innovative research in military medicine and nursing as well as public health. Events throughout the past two decades have made it clear ...

This is the story of how 0,000 in corporate dollars from CH2M HILL became potable water for 4,384 high school students, sanitation facilities for 6,325 people, career training in water maintenance for 114 young men and the creation or refurbishment of 53 water points that serve more than 13,000 people. Everyone Forever is the mantra of Water For People, which means every family, school and clinic in the non-profit’s targeted districts has access to improv...