AMERICAN SAMOA SILVER JACKETS –

MANY PARTNERS, ONE TEAM

 AMERICAN SAMOA, July 24, 2023.  The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and National Silver Jackets program have determined that American Samoa Government has satisfied all the requirements to charter an American Samoa Silver Jackets Team.  The American Samoa Silver Jackets team is now official.  The government departments and agencies will form the American Samoa Silver Jackets team. 

Although each state Silver Jackets team is unique, expected agency participants include state agencies with mission areas of hazard mitigation, emergency management, floodplain management, or natural resources conservation. 

The American Samoa Silver Jackets Team’s federal participation includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  The local participation consists of the Hazard Mitigation Council, which is chaired by the Honorable Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale, Lieutenant Governor and GAR, the Governor’s Office, Legislative Branch-Senate, Legislative Branch-House, Secretary of the Office of Samoan Affairs, Department of Commerce, Department of Port Administration, Department of Public Works, American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency, American Samoa Historic Preservation Office, American Samoa Power Authority, American Samoa Telecommunications Authority, Chamber of Commerce, American Samoa Department of Homeland Security, Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, Governor’s Resilience Office and the Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management. 

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