ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise
In July 2011, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) co-hosted the inaugural ASEAN Militaries' Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Table-Top Exercise (AHX) in Singapore and Indonesia from 12 to 14 Jul 2011. Over 100 personnel from ASEAN militaries participated in the three-day exercise. In the first two days of the exercise, workshops and a scenario-based table-top exercise was held at the Changi C2 Centre. On the third day, an exercise was held in West Java that featured helicopter-evacuation simulation involving assets from the SAF and the TNI.
On 7 May 2013, Brunei hosted the 7th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (see the Joint Declaration by 7th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting). The Ministers also noted the strong commitment from the ASEAN participants to the conduct of the 2nd ASEAN Militaries' Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise (AHX), which will be co-hosted by Singapore and Brunei on 16 June 2013. They also expressed strong support for the inaugural ADMM-Plus HADR and Military Medicine (MM) Exercise. These exercises underscore the progress that ADMM and ADMM-Plus have made in enhancing practical cooperation amongst the militaries in addressing non-traditional security challenges. The ADMM-Plus HADR/MM Exercise will be held in Brunei from 17 to 20 June 2013.