Date Released: 29 January 2019 Releasing Officer: ARSENIO R. ANDOLONG, MNSA Chief, Public Affairs Service 2016 PH, US inaugurate disaster response warehouse ALLIES IN DISASTER-PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE - Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorezana (fourth from left) and U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim (fifth) strike a pose, along with officials from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the US Armed Forces after the blessing and ribbon-cutting ceremony of the multi-purpose Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) Warehouse funded under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). Photo: DND Public Affairs Service & OSEC Floridablanca, Pampanga | January 29, 2019 — U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana, with officials from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. Armed Forces, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first major project under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) at Lt. Cesar Basa Air Base here. EDCA is a mutually beneficial agreement that aims to help build capacity for the U.S. forces and the AFP through interoperability, capability development, and modernization, among others. ### DND Photo Release | Page 1 of 3 Date Released: 29 January 2019 Releasing Officer: ARSENIO R. ANDOLONG, MNSA Chief, Public Affairs Service 2016 PH, US inaugurate disaster response warehouse Floridablanca, Pampanga | January 29, 2019 — U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana, with officials from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. Armed Forces, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first major project under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) at Lt. Cesar Basa Air Base here. EDCA is a mutually beneficial agreement that aims to help build capacity for the U.S. forces and the AFP through interoperability, capability development, and modernization, among others. ### DND Photo Release | Page 2 of 3 Date Released: 29 January 2019 Releasing Officer: ARSENIO R. ANDOLONG, MNSA Chief, Public Affairs Service 2016 PH, US inaugurate disaster response warehouse Floridablanca, Pampanga | January 29, 2019 — U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana, with officials from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. Armed Forces, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first major project under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) at Lt. Cesar Basa Air Base here. EDCA is a mutually beneficial agreement that aims to help build capacity for the U.S. forces and the AFP through interoperability, capability development, and modernization, among others. ### DND Photo Release | Page 3 of 3 .