24 April 2015 Balikatan 2015: Multinational Team Teaches Health Workers First Responder Skills Health workers attending exercise Balikatan’s First Responder Training Course prepared to put their patient care skills to the test as an announcement echoed throughout the training Coliseum.“You are in a supermarket in Zamboanga,” said a voice over loudspeaker. “You heard an explosion. Your team is...
22 April 2015 Multinational Team, Community Conduct Shoulder-to-shoulder Construction during Exercise Balikatan U.S. service members of the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy team with the Australian Army, Philippine Air Force, and the local community as they continue construction efforts during exercise Balikatan 2015 at the Engineering Civil Action Project (ENCAP) 1, Santa Lourdes National High School, April...
21 April 2015 Building Schools 'Shoulder-to-Shoulder' during Balikatan 2015 Sweating under from the tropical heat, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Sprouse pauses from mixing cement to introduce himself to Philippine Navy Seaman Apprentices Arturo Arandela and Raymond Baclason in the province of San Rafael, on the island of Palawan, Philippines, April 16. Although an apparent...
14 April 2015 Combined Philippine-US Force Continues Humanitarian Efforts in Panay The Combined-Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force, located on the island of Panay, completed a three-day cooperative health engagement with a train-the-trainer first responder medical course as part of exercise Balikatan, April 9. Over 100 Armed Forces of the Philippines Army soldiers from the...