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stockpile management efforts in cambodia on july 13 in phnom penh cambodia golden west brought together representatives from the kingdom s military at the sunway hotel for a daylong seminar in general best practices relating to ammunition surveillance and accounting procedures . the seminar was opened with remarks by lt. general son kim sorn of the royal cambodian armed forces rcaf on ... read more golden west supports us navy eod dive training in vietnam during the month of june golden west s vietnam office provided logistics and coordination for the 3rd of 5 phases of the us pacom underwater humanitarian mine action training program with the vietnam people s navy vpn in nha trang conducted by the us navy s eod mu5 . areas of training for this phase included marine search and rescue ... read more swim for life launches 2nd year in vietnam each year drowning claims the lives of over 372 000 people around the globe more than 40 every hour . although these death rates are two thirds that of malnutrition and over half that of malaria there is little being done to address this preventable epidemic . this gap creates an urgent need to address drowning as a public ... read more icrc training supported by golden west the first international committee of the red cross icrc weapon contamination wec training in kampong chhnang cambodia was held at the golden west applied technologies training centre attc from 16 to 20 november . the successful training saw 19 participants from the icrc many in senior management positions in current and post conflict affected countries receive an ... read more stockpile management awareness seminar continues to build the cambodian royal armed forces executive management capacity on the 19th of september lee moroney project manager at golden west humanitarian foundation and lieutenant general son kimsorn of the general department of materials and technical of the ministry of national defense organized a seminar on arms security and management for executive level officers from the military and gendarmerie in phnom penh cambodia . in ... read more cmac dive team recovers first piece of ordnance from mekong river cambodia may 21st 2015 the cmac salvage dive team successfully recovered a mk 82 aircraft bomb their first piece of ordnance recovered from cambodian waterways . after the bomb was removed from river the nose and tail fuze sections were removed on site with golden west s mobile cutting system . the defuzed bomb was then transported to the explosive harvesting site in kampong read more collaboration between villanova university and golden west continues golden west has partnered with villanova university as part of the us dept. of state global engineering initiative to develop a low cost eod robot in an effort to make these life saving tools available to the developing world . national geographic recently interviewed allen tan director of golden west s design lab and garrett clayton associate professor read more photo exhibition in solomon island highlights wwii uxo situation a photo exhibition in the solomon island by safeground is highlighting the current situation of uxo on the islands and the impacts it has on the community . golden west continuies to support the royal solomon islands police force rsipf as they locate and clear ordnance around the islands with funding from the office of weapons removal & abatement us ... read more golden west mobile cutting system utilized during cambodian uxo calls on march 10th 2015 the ehp explosive harvesting program cmac eod operators responded to a uxo call at a construction site just outside the capital city of phnom penh during which they recovered a 500 pound bomb . in a separate uxo call eight days later the cmac dive team and ehp cmac eod operators responded ... read more cambodian continues moving toward secure munitions storage after the stockpile management refresher course held in january 2015 the golden west project manager for physical security & stockpile management pssm & his counterpart from the ministry of national defence paid visits to units around cambodia to follow up on the principles of safe ammunition storage practices that were taught during the weeklong course . during ... read more cambodia moves toward safer stockpile management a select number of ammunition specialists from the royal cambodian armed forces rcaf attended a one week long ammunition management refresher course at the golden west advanced technology training centre attc in kampong chnnang cambodia . as part of the usdos pm wra funded project ; the students received concise lessons on ammunition management best practices in line ... read more villanova university visits golden west in cambodia 5 january 2015 professor garrett clayton villanova university college of engineering and a group of senior mechanical engineering students travelled to cambodia to conduct field trials of the prototype low cost eod response robot . this robot was developed in cooperation with the golden west design lab phnom penh in a program funded by the u.s. department ... read more disarmament & arms control seminar held in phnom penh on the 2nd of december lee moroney project manager at golden west humanitarian foundation and lieutenant general son kimsorn of general department of materials and technical of ministry of national defence organised a seminar on arms control and disarmament in phnom penh cambodia . in attendance were over 25 senior officers from the cambodian military and police ... read more 10 years of partnership with the kingdom of cambodia golden west humanitarian foundation started working in cambodia in 2004 by testing the viability of a new method of providing much needed humanitarian explosive charges from existing stockpile munitions . ten years later and the outstanding cooperation from the royal government of cambodia and cambodia s humanitarian mine action organizations has meant that the explosive harvesting program not only ... read more rsipf eod officers participate in operation render safe 2014 a contingent of six royal solomon islands police force rsipf eod officers trained by golden west humanitarian foundation training team are to join and participate in operation render safe 2014 in torokina bouganville island papua new guinea . the rsipf team was invited to assist after their well received involvement in operation render safe 2013 in the solomon read more golden west cambodia staff lecture at ddd golden west s southeast asia regional office & design lab in cambodia is proud to have some longstanding cambodian employees that have each been instrumental in making golden west in southeast asia what it is today . all golden west cambodia s employees are eligible for the employee scholarship program that entitles them to embark on a higher education read more golden west guadalcanal 500lb bomb recovery at golden west humanitarian foundation our technical staff each have over 20 years of eod experience making them some of the most capable operators . this is all the more evident when they are confronted with abnormal conditions and situations . under these circumstances their expertise comes to the fore enabling them to plan and execute complex read more golden west marshall islands operation overview the marshall islands saw conflict during world war ii and still bear the scars and remnants of war from these battles . set deep in the northern pacific and only accessible by long boat journeys the majority of it s atolls have been difficult to reach efficiently and within budget for ordnance clearance and remediation . thanks to golden west humanitarian read more golden west cambodia and engineering projects featured on dipnote golden west humanitarian foundations unique projects were featured in two recent dipnote department of state official blog entries . the first referred to our golden west design lab and its unique work to improve the standard and portability of explosive ordnance disposal eod training aids around the world . this project was exhibited at the usa science read more cmac dive team competes in mekong swim 2014 on sunday the 27th april the cmac dive team participated in the annual mekong river swim to compete with some 120 entrants to cross the mekong just north of phnom penh . in february 2013 none of the team could swim with any proficiency but thanks to the intensive training schedule with their golden west humanitarian read more golden west at usa science and engineering festival golden west humanitarian foundation will be exhibiting at the usa science and engineering festival in washington dc at the walter e. washington convention centre . if you are at the festival we encourage you to drop by our stall at the national security pavilion hall b state department section booth 1645 . this is not similar to playing read more cmac dive unit opening ceremony on the 3rd april golden west humanitarian foundation and cmac hosted around one hundred delegates from the us embassy the national press and mine action partners . the day marked the ceremonial opening of the cmac dive unit and standing up of the cmac dive team . it also provided an opportunity for humanitarian mine action organizations ... read more golden west featured on channel news asia golden west humanitarian foundation was featured on an episode of channel news asia s a singaporean abroad . the episode centred on pamela yeo from the organisation saught that creates innovative jewellery from remnants of war . saught receives its raw materials from golden west humanitarian foundations explosive harvesting program and transforms them into pieces of jewellery . to find out read more guadalcanal project the guadalcanal project commenced in may 2011 with the support of the us department of state and the office of weapons removal and abatement pm wra with the main goal being to work with the solomon islands police force to train and mentor their explosive ordnance disposal eod team to cen imas level ii . it is read more villanova university partnership golden west has been working in cooperation with villanova university in the united states . as part of the cooperation golden west has had the pleasure of hosting villanova graduate engineer stephen schraer . stephen has been working in the golden west design lab cambodia to progress its uxo detection and clearance projects across cambodia . in addition read more dive refresher course july 2013 in july golden west held its second dive refresher course for the graduate divers from the cmac diver preparation course . the 10 cmac dive team divers were once again put through a number of exercises testing their ability to work together as a working dive station their physical fitness swimming ability and proficiency in diving . read more mine action open house on the 11th july 2013 golden west mag cambodian mine action centre halo and sterling hosted u.s embassy and paccom staff for a humanitarian mine action familiarisation day . the day started with a tour of the sterling eod school at the hun sen engineering technical institute and a demolition . following this they were taken to read more 300