Star-Tides

coordinated through george mason university's center for resilient and sustainable communities (c-rasc), star-tides is a global knowledge-sharing network that focuses on building sustainable resilience, promoting human security (freedom from want and freedom from fear), and creating life-changing social and economic activities. these roles have evolved from original support by the u.s. defense department’s tides (transformative innovation for development and emergency support) program to four defense-related mission areas: 1. building partner capacity; 2. humanitarian assistance and disaster relief; 3. defense support of civil authorities; and 4. stability and peacekeeping operations. our network works in the following areas: (1) stabilization and reconstruction, (2) humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (ha/ dr), (3) defense support to civil authorities (dsca) in the us and (4) building partnership capacity (bpc) in latin america and africa. exercises, training and education are