From the Website of AFP
- Published: 16 May 2014
CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The
PH-US Balikatan Exercise 2014 officially ends today, May 16 in a
closing ceremony attended by high-ranking defense and military officials
from the Philippines and United States, here at the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) Commissioned Officers Club.
Department of National Defense
Undersecretary Honorio Asqueta represented Defense Secretary Voltaire T.
Gazmin who presided over today’s ceremony along with AFP Chief of Staff
General Emmanuel T. Bautista, U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission,
Brian L. Goldbeck, BK14 Exercise Director for Philippines, Major Gen.
Emeraldo Magnaye and his U.S. counterpart, Major Gen. Richard Simcock
II, deputy commander of US Marine Corps Forces Pacific.
The staff exercises were held here in
Camp Aguinaldo and in AFP Western Command in Puerto Princesa. These
exercises gathered together participants from AFP and U.S. Military as
well as representatives from the Australian Defense Force in an academic
discussion and crisis action planning on common BK14 scenarios.
Bilateral field training events were
held in AFP camps in Luzon. In May 9, a joint Philippines and U.S.
Marines amphibious drill involving about 120 Filipino and American
marine soldiers was held at the Naval Education and Training Command in
Zambales. Combined live-fire exercises were also held at the Marine Base
in Ternate, Cavite last Sunday and in Crow Valley, Tarlac yesterday.
In Bicol troops from the AFP Southern
Luzon Command took the lead in the construction of a health center,
two-room classroom building, water catchment system and concreting of
sidewalk in Malobago Elementary School, Bgy Malobago and another
one-room school building in Doña Mercedes Elementary School all in
Guinobatan, Albay. The installation of water storage tank and
construction of a public rest room also benefitted the residents of
Brgy. Pawa, Legazpi City. The troops also repaired and renovated parts
of Tamaoyan Elementary School in Brgy. Tamaoyan, Legazpi City. Combined
Army and Navy troops from AFP and U.S. Armed Forces likewise constructed
and renovated school-buildings, offered medical and veterinary
services, and conducted medical symposia and training in Legazpi City
and Guinobatan, both in Albay. A total of 65 personnel from the AFP and
94 from joint US and multinational forces participated in the events.
The partnership between the AFP and U.S.
Armed Forces continue to be healthy, dynamic and beneficial. It
continues to highlight the unswerving commitment of both military forces
towards a more secure Asia-Pacific region.
“As we conclude this year’s Balikatan
Exercises, we look forward to more joint bilateral military exercises
and undertakings that will help the AFP in coping with our ever evolving
security environment and achieve our goal of a minimum credible defense
system,” Balikatan 2014 Spokeperson, Lieutenant Annaleah P. Cazcarro
said.
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