More than forty participants from 7 countries, United States, Canada, France, Ukraine, Georgia, Spain and Armenia gathered under the banner AANSI: THE ARMENIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE NATIONAL SECURITY
The objective of this mission is to build with the Armenian Diaspora a culture of physical deployment in Armenia and Artsakh in times of national emergency: natural disasters, earthquakes, floods, massive fires or man-made disasters such as the war.
The driving force behind this noble idea is to create a doctrine throughout the Diaspora and homeland, being ready for physical deployment to all corners of the Diaspora “within 96 hours of notification by the Armenian authorities when a disaster is declared.
The full program is presented by AANSI President, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Mark John MacCarley.
AANSI HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT BRIGADE IN ARMENIA training program includes:Training in response to man-made or natural disasters
Training in response to Azerbaijani military aggression against civilians in Armenia
First aid training — CPR and AED
Training in Cyber/Information Security
Training in communication/network operations in the event of a national emergency.
AANSI is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
AANSI is not funded by the US government, the government of the Republic of Armenia, or any other government. It is funded by donations provided by generous donors within the Armenian American, French, and traditional American/French/European communities with affinities to Armenia, Artsakh, and Armenian heritage. AANSI is a non-partisan entity
More details to follow. Stay tuned!.