Admiral Sam Locklear on Indo-Asia-Pacific Challenges & Opportunities
Admiral Sam Locklear on Indo-Asia-Pacific Challenges & Opportunities
Why does the Asia Pacific region matter to the American people and the global population at large? The answer is self-evident when one realizes the area “really can’t be called a ‘region’ because it’s too large,” explains Admiral Sam Locklear. With more than 50 percent of the world’s surface, it encompasses more than one-half of the world’s population, and that number is increasing. Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), the...
CH2M HILL & Singapore’s Canals: Reconnecting People to Water’s Life Flow
CH2M HILL & Singapore’s Canals: Reconnecting People to Water’s Life Flow
The word “canal” evokes many responses from the romance of the canals of Venice to the toxic legacy of the Love Canal. A canal can be a dramatic centerpiece to commerce and history, a forgotten stormwater chute behind buildings or a constructed waterway through arid fields where frogs croak and children learn to swim. In cities throughout the world, canals are either wasted or polluted stormwater gullies, a boon for development and center of urban life or something...
The Silent Abuse of War: Hearing & Helping Those Who Serve
The Silent Abuse of War: Hearing & Helping Those Who Serve
Iwrite as the mother of an ex-Army son and a person concerned about our returning military service men and women both here, in Australia, and overseas. It has become apparent to many that the toll on these people has been great. Australia, like America, is experiencing an increase in suicide, depression, alcohol abuse and post-traumatic stress upon our children’s, family members’ and friends’ return. After witnessing it personally and hearing about some of my son...