III MEF VIDEOS

Medical operation senior leaders from Joint Armed Forces come together during exercise Balikatan in Makati, Philippines April 7, 2016. Balikatan, which means "shoulder to shoulder" in Filipino, is an annual bilateral training exercise focused on improving the ability of Philippine and U.S. military forces to work together during planning, contingency and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. (U. S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Jesus McCloud)

Philippine and U.S. Marines participate in a simulated combined amphibious assault shoulder-to-shoulder at the Naval Education Training Center in the Philippines, April 21. They came ashore in amphibious assault vehicles to take a hostile beach head during the simulated assault. The training event was the start of exercise Combined Vigilance, the Philippine and U.S. Marine field training exercise within Balikatan 2015. The amphibious landing was fully integrated in planning and execution to highlight both nations’ growing ship-to-shore capabilities. Balikatan is an annual exercise that increases interoperability with the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

U.S. Navy Corpsmen with Shock Trauma Platoon display how they save injured Marines in a combat environment for Filipino Marines at Crow Valley in Tarlac Province, Philippines, April 17. Includes sound bites from HN Peter C. Galong, Field Medical Service Technician; Staff Sgt. Darwin B. Rioso, Special Operations Group Fire Team Leader and MH1 Maikel Barrosocruz, Hospital Corpsman. Also available in high definition.

Lance Cpl. Elway J. De Jesus is reunited with the extended members of his family during exercise Balikatan in the Philippines at Camp O’Donnell, April 15.