中国人民解放军上尉王伟金在文莱比昂的模拟救灾现场试尝美国微型可部署救援水净化系统的净化水。

本文原刊登在6月27日的美国海军陆战队（U.S. Marine Corps）网站上。

文莱比昂（Biang, Brunei）—— 6月19日，作为东南亚国家联盟（Association of Southeast Asian Nations）人道主义援助、救灾、军事医疗演习的一部分，美国、新加坡和中国的工程兵在文莱比昂的一个模拟救灾场地向高级官员们演示水净化的能力。

模拟救灾现场是部分多边演习的地点，为该地区各国提供了一个平台，以应对共同的安全挑战、加强防卫合作、加强操作互通性、促进该地区稳定。

在救灾现场，来自18个国家的工程兵、搜救队和专业医务人员携手努力，处理遭模拟热带旋转风暴袭击后的情况，同时展开台风抢救、调查、恢复和救灾等使命。

美国海军上士、工程兵斯科特•汉普顿（Scott I. Hampton）说：“在救灾现场，极其重要的是有洁净水向伤病员病和工作人员分发。这是我们学习其他国家如何运作的一个难得的机会。我们每天到这里与中国和新加坡的工程兵协作。我们帮他们安装设备，他们帮我们安装设备。这是一个相互协作的极好经历。我期待今后更多的互动。”

美国海军陆战队和海军工程兵设置了一个微型可部署救援净化水系统（Miniature Deployable Assistance Water Purification System），正在进行测试。

美国海军陆战队太平洋实验中心（U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific Experimentation Center）的技术试验专家托德•乔纳斯（Todd A. Jonas）说：“这个系统完全为救灾使命设计。它在几分钟内就能安装使用，无需支持而能够自我维持长达72个小时，并可依靠太阳能和自发电等各种能源运行。”

作为演示项目，多国工程兵迅速安装水净化系统，并使高级官员们能够观察、了解系统能力并检查净化水。

中国人民解放军上尉、工程兵王伟金（Wang Weijin，音译）说：“在整个演示过程中，我对大家的能力印象深刻。看到各国一起为救灾携手努力，真是一次难得的经历。”

美国海军陆战队太平洋司令部（Marine Corps Forces Pacific）司令特里•罗柏林（Terry G. Robling）中将代表美国在整个模拟救灾现场观摩了各种演示活动。

这次演习于6月17日至20日举行，给各参与国提供了一个提高沟通能力和互相学习独特经验和专长的机会，并为伙伴国用统一方法应对未来灾害做了更好的准备。

参加这次演习的医务和工程专业人员来自东盟（ASEAN）各成员国，包括文莱、柬埔寨、印度尼西亚、老挝、马来西亚、缅甸、菲律宾、新加坡、泰国和越南，外加澳大利亚、中国、印度、日本、新西兰、韩国和美国。

Chinese People’s Liberation Army Captain Wang Weijin samples purified water from the U.S. Miniature Deployable Assistance Water Purification System at a mock disaster site in Biang, Brunei.

This article was originally posted to the U.S. Marine Corps website on June 27.

Biang, Brunei — Military engineers from the United States, Singapore and China demonstrated their water-purification capabilities to senior leaders at a mock disaster site in Biang, Brunei, June 19 as part of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and military medicine exercise.

The simulated disaster site was the location for part of the multilateral exercise, which provided a platform for regional nations to address shared security challenges, strengthen defense cooperation, enhance interoperability, and promote stability in the region.

At the site, engineers, search-and-rescue teams and medical professionals from 18 different nations worked together against a simulated post-tropical revolving storm while conducting typhoon rescue, survey, recovery and disaster-relief missions.

“At a disaster site, it is extremely important to have clean water to disperse between patients and personnel,” said U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Scott I. Hampton, an engineer. “This was a great opportunity for us to learn how other nations operate. Each day, we came out here to work together with the Chinese and Singaporean engineers. We help set up their equipment, and they helped set up ours. It has been a great experience working together, and I look forward to further interactions in the future.”

U.S. Marine and Navy engineers set up their Miniature Deployable Assistance Water Purification System, which is in a testing phase.

“This system is strictly designed for disaster-relief missions,” said Todd A. Jonas, a technology experimentation specialist with the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific Experimentation Center. “It is capable of being set up and operational within minutes. It can sustain itself unsupported for up to 72 hours and can also run on various power sources including solar and generated.”

For the demonstration, multinational engineers quickly assembled their water purification systems and allowed senior leaders to observe, learn about the capabilities, and sample the purified water.

“I was impressed with everyone’s capabilities throughout the demonstration,” said Chinese People’s Liberation Army Captain Wang Weijin, a PLA engineer. “Seeing all the nations come together for disaster relief was a great experience.”

Representing the United States, Lieutenant General Terry G. Robling, commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Pacific, observed the various demonstrations throughout the mock disaster site.

Taking place June 17-20, the exercise provided an opportunity for participating nations to hone their communication skills and learn from each other’s unique experiences and expertise, better preparing partner nations for a unified approach to future disasters.

Participating in the exercise were medical and engineer personnel from ASEAN members Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, plus Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States.