US Special Forces train for 'catastrophe exercise' with Bangladesh

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The Armed Forces Division (AFD) of Bangladesh and the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducte the 2012 Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange (DREE) to prepare for a possible catastrophic earthquake in Bangladesh.

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The Armed Forces Division (AFD) of Bangladesh and the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducted the 2012 Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange (DREE) to prepare for a possible catastrophic earthquake in Bangladesh. A US soldier looks on.

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The Armed Forces Division (AFD) of Bangladesh and the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducted the 2012 Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange (DREE) to prepare for a possible catastrophic earthquake in Bangladesh.

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The Armed Forces Division (AFD) of Bangladesh and the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducted the 2012 Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange (DREE) to prepare for a possible catastrophic earthquake in Bangladesh. A US soldier photographs the exercise.

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The Armed Forces Division (AFD) of Bangladesh and the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducted the 2012 Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange (DREE) to prepare for a possible catastrophic earthquake in Bangladesh.

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Firefighters carry a woman as part of a demonstration exercise to showcase their preparedness to respond to disasters in Old Dhaka.

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A woman is zipwired from a building in the joint exercise.

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The Armed Forces Division (AFD) of Bangladesh and the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducted the 2012 Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange (DREE) to prepare for a possible catastrophic earthquake in Bangladesh.

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Chainsaws and cutter lie on the ground to be used in the joint exercise.

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The Armed Forces Division (AFD) of Bangladesh and the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducted the 2012 Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange (DREE) to prepare for a possible catastrophic earthquake in Bangladesh.

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The Armed Forces Division (AFD) of Bangladesh and the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducted the 2012 Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange (DREE) to prepare for a possible catastrophic earthquake in Bangladesh.

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Firefighters carry a man as part of a demonstration exercise to showcase their preparedness to respond to disasters in Old Dhaka.

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Firefighters stretcher a woman as part of a demonstration exercise to showcase their preparedness to respond to disasters in Old Dhaka.

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Firefighters and nurses attend to the wounded during the mock exercises.

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The Armed Forces Division (AFD) of Bangladesh and the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducted the 2012 Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange (DREE) to prepare for a possible catastrophic earthquake in Bangladesh.