The U.S. Embassy’s Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) delivered $1.4 million of disaster response communications equipment to the Nepalese Army on May 27, 2015.  The equipment included 120 tactical radio sets for the Disaster Management Directorate of the Nepalese Army. 

In addition to the equipment, the ODC also provided a ten-day operator training program for 25 non-commissioned officers and soldiers from the Nepalese Army.  The training concluded with a joint graduation and equipment turnover ceremony on May 27 at Nepalese Army Headquarters in Kathmandu.  These radios will be immediately implemented for use with the Nepalese Army units conducting recovery operations in the disaster affected areas.