DENPASAR, Indonesia-- A ceremony marked the end of the 9th Pacific Armies Chiefs
Conference (PACC IX) and the 39th Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS XXXIX)
Sept. 17.
The closing ceremony was co-hosted by Lt. Gen. Torry Djohar
Banguntoro, Indonesian National Army Bali Regional Commander and Gen. Vincent K.
Brooks, U.S. Army Pacific Commanding General.
Brooks said the PACC, the
PAMS and the senior enlisted forum provided opportunities to communicate with
colleagues in ways that could not take place in many of their nation's
capitals.
He went on to say that the interactions that occurred built
connections and friendships and "planks of trust on the relationship bridges
that connect the countries and nations of this region."