Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
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Founded	1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Country	United States
Part of	PACOM
Location	Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii, U.S.
Nickname(s)	"CFE", "CFE-DM"
Commanders
Director	Joseph D. Martin, SES

The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE) is a direct reporting unit to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) and principal agency to promote disaster preparedness and societal resiliency in the Asia-Pacific region. As part of its mandate, CFE facilitates education and training in disaster preparedness, consequence management and health security to develop domestic, foreign and international capability and capacity.

CFE partners with a wide variety of national and international governmental, nongovernmental and international organizations to provide relevant education, training, interagency coordination and research. CFE's initiatives include establishing field offices at each US Regional Combatant Command and establishing strategic partnerships with public and private sector entities, such as Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, University of Hawaii, foundations, institutes, and universities.^[1]