2013 Balikatan Exercise

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Good ole' American and Filipino Brotherhood...

What are they eating? Adobo?

 

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Good ole' American and Filipino Brotherhood...

What are they eating? Adobo?

Yup they are eating snake meat cooked 'adobo' style during their jungle survival training

Philippine Navy Seabee high-fives a US Navy engineer after they finish mixing a batch of cement for the construction of a footbridge in San Pascual, Zambales on Saturday. The bridge is being built as part of this year’s Balikatan Exercise.

 

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hehehe, great!

 

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ZAMBALES, Philippines (April 15, 2013) Staff Sgt. Carlito Englatiera, from Philippine Marine Battalion Landing Team 5, demonstrates the effectiveness of the blade and its usefulness in the age of technology. The blade he is holding is called a Ginunting from the Filipino word meaning scissors. It is carried by many of the Filipino Recon Marines. The hand-to-hand training is part of Exercise Balikatan 2013, designed to strengthen the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. militaries' longstanding relationship that has contributed to the region's security and stability. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Nick Papadakis/Released)

ZAMBALES, Philippines (April 15, 2013) Staff Sgt. Carlito Englatiera, from Philippine Marine Battalion Landing Team 5, instructs members of the U.S. Marines 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion on the use of elbow strikes. The hand-to-hand training is part of Exercise Balikatan 2013, designed to strengthen the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. militaries' longstanding relationship that has contributed to the region's security and stability. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Nick Papadakis/Released)