Team Rubicon Headed To Pakistan

Posted By Blackfive Team Rubicon is heading to Pakistan this week.

Dr. Eduardo Dolhun of Stanford reached out to TR to provide security for this mission. The emphasis on security is highlighted by the recent order by the Taliban to attack foreign aid workers. The team is composed of veterans - former Army SF, former Navy Seals, former Army Infantry, and former Marine.

Dr. Dolhun has a proprietary oral rehydration solution (ORS) called Drip Drop that is used to treat cholera, dehydration, and disease. TR is going to remote areas to, not only deliver the ORS solution, but train people how to make it with locally available resources. Indigenizing the solution is the end goal of this mission, so that those that TR trains are less of a burden on the already stretched thin government and NGOs. Dolhun is Mayo Clinic trained and educated, and he deployed with TR in Haiti. He is an expert at treating cholera so TR's mission matches up well with the conditions on the ground. TR is carrying enough solution to treat up to 8,000 refugees. Dolhun wants to identify a solid partner on the ground so more ORS can be shipped in after TR's departure.

I believe that Hugh Hewitt will have an exclusive with Team Rubicon who will be on his show live from Pakistan.

Donations are needed:

http://teamrubiconusa.org/2010/08/28/your-donations-needed-to-bring-oral-rehydration-therapy-to-pakistan/

Here's a video about Dolhoun's Drip Drop working in Haiti.

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Team Rubicon - Mission to the Thai-Burma Border

Posted By Blackfive

As many of you know, I'm an advisor to Team Rubicon.

Here's an interview with Co-Founder and President of TR, Jake Wood, which aired on VH1.

Team Rubicon is conducting a training mission that will help the people of Burma.  Here are the details:

Mission: In August Team Rubicon is sending a group of six highly trained medical personnel to a location near the Burmese border. There they will train approximately 30 Burmese refugees who will in turn return to their refugee camps and provide medical aid to the people being systematically killed and displaced by the Burmese Junta.

Who: Team Rubicon bridges the critical time gap between large disasters and conventional aid response. We provide vanguard medical care by fielding small, self-­‐ sustaining, mobile teams of specially skilled first-­‐responders. In the spirit of preparedness, Team Rubicon deploys medical teams on proactive missions to service regions in need of ongoing medical relief.

Why: The Burmese people are some of the most oppressed on the planet. Burma is ruled by a military Junta, widely known to use violence, rape, kidnapping, economic pressure and other means to institute its policy:

• The Military Junta has been systematically waging a genocidal war against three ethnic groups within its borders.
• The Junta relies heavily on laying landmines throughout its country, and has been accused of using refugee prisoners as "human minesweepers" on multiple occasions. 
• Members of the United Nations and major international human rights organizations have issued repeated and consistent reports of widespread and systematic human rights violations in Burma. The United Nations General Assembly has repeatedly called on the Burmese Military Junta to respect human rights. In November 2009 the General Assembly adopted a resolution "strongly condemning the ongoing systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms" 
• Burma spends the lowest percentage of its GDP on healthcare of any country in the world international human rights and humanitarian law."

HOW YOU CAN HELP: Team Rubicon estimates that $15,000 will be needed to conduct this mission. Please make your tax-­‐deductible contribution today! All donors who donate amounts over $500 will receive a free Team Rubicon T-­‐Shirt!

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Team Rubicon - Fundraiser in Chicago May 7th

Posted By Blackfive

Team Rubicon is hosting a fundraiser in Chicago on May 7th. Mrs. BlackFive and I will be there to assist the TR guys. If you're in the area, please consider joining us:

Beer, food, Team Rubicon?? We think so! Team Rubicon, looking to harness the momentum it gained winning the Mobilize.org grant competition in Los Angeles, CA, will be hosting a fundraiser at McFadden’s Saloon in Chicago, IL.

Team Rubicon’s regional leaders are locking themselves in a conference room all weekend to discuss the key initiatives TR will be tackling for the rest of 2010.  However, before that work begins, they want to invite the HEART of Team Rubicon, YOU, out for a meet and greet!  So here are the details:

What: Team Rubicon Fundraiser/ Meet and Greet
When: Friday, May 7th, from 6pm to 9pm (the unofficial end time will be much later!)
Where: McFadden’s Saloon, 1206 N. State Pkwy, Chicago, IL
Who: YOU! Plus TR Regional Leaders, and volunteers from TR Chicago
Why: Because we want you to know who you’re supporting

$30 will get you All You Can Eat and Drink (tap, wine, wells) from 6-9.  Team Rubicon will receive $10 for every ticket sold.  Additionally, TR is working with local businesses and pro sports teams to donate items for a silent auction...

More details here.

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Team Rubicon - On the Move

Posted By Blackfive

A few announcements about Team Rubicon:

1.  Team Rubicon has won 1st place in the “Beyond the Welcome Home” Summit put on by Mobilize.org. William McNulty, Jake Wood and Clay Hunt presented their case which was then voted on by all participants and experts.  Check out the TR Blog for videos of the presentation and the judges comments.  CONGRATS!

2.  TR's After Action Review of the Haiti operation is online.  It's an excellent piece of work.

3.  They secured a somewhat well-known Irish paratrooper for their Advisory Board.

4.  Two of the members of "Team Rubicon - Mission Haiti" will be at the Fifth Annual MilBlog Conference.

There's a lot more as the team is on the move - you should sign up for their email newsletter or find them on Facebook and other social media.

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Team Rubicon - Mission Chile

Posted By Blackfive

Team Rubicon meets Brigadier General Pablo BELMAR LABBE, Chilean Army (ret), at the Ejercito de Chile. General Belmar assisted TR in planning our movement to San Pedro en la manana.

Be sure to read their updates at their blog (this one too) and help support Team Rubicon.

[You can read all of Team Rubicon's updates on Blackfive here]
[You can visit and support the team here.]

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Team Rubicon new mission - Chile

Posted By Blackfive Check out their website for information and donate as Team Rubicon is sending a team into Chile (via Argentina).

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EXCLUSIVE: TEAM RUBICON VIDEO

Posted By Blackfive

TEAM RUBICON bridges the critical time gap between large natural disasters and conventional aid response. We provide vanguard medical care by fielding small, self-sustaining, mobile teams of specially skilled first-responders. To deploy rapidly, we rely heavily on a horizontal command structure, social networking technology, and the employment of local nationals.

For more information about the upcoming documentary film based on TEAM RUBICON, contact DeeDee Slewka of Fifth Man Films at dslewka@gmail.com.

Trailer produced by Jolyon Hoff & Deedee Slewka of Fifth Man Films in association with TitleTen Films. Special thanks to Thievery Corporation for donating soundtrack.

[You can read all of Team Rubicon's updates on Blackfive here]
[You can visit and support the team here.]

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Team Rubicon - Updates - January 28th - Moving away from P-A-P

Posted By Blackfive

Today we scoured the city to no avail. No trauma patients, and clinics are set up every where. Tomorrow we go a town 3 hours away where we hear there are many people still untreated and with many fractured bones.

[You can read all of Team Rubicon's updates on Blackfive here]
[You can visit and support the team here.]

PS - Thank you to American Airlines for staying classy!

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Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Day 6 Begins

Posted By Blackfive

Team Rubicon leader, Jake Wood, issues the Warning Order for Day 6.  The teams will split up when departing the Jesuit Mission.

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Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Day 6 - "Take Her Now!"

Posted By Blackfive

Team Rubicon Dr Mauricio Consalter recruits Haitians to evac this woman who is having myoclonic seizure. "Take her now!" said Consalter.

[You can read all of Team Rubicon's updates on Blackfive here]
[You can visit and support the team here.]

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