(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) MANILA - The Philippine Army (PA) on Tuesday announced that one of its platoons participated in a two-day room-clearing combined interoperability exercise (COIE) with their US Army Pacific (USARPAC) counterparts in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija from April 3 to 4. "The room-clearing drill is part of the series of CIOEs that will culminate in the military operations in urban terrain/airfield seizure joint interoperability exercise (JIOE) in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija," Army spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad said in a statement. He added that troops from the 92nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division trained side by side with their USARPAC counterparts in attacking and clearing an airfield, involving isolating the objective and suppressing the threat. This training also included advancing the assault element, assaulting the building, clearing the building, and consolidating and reorganizing the force. PH, US Air Forces train on mass casualt
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CAMP AGUINALDO, QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Medical experts from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) concluded a three-day virtual Global Health Engagement on Wednesday, as part of the ongoing Balikatan Exercise.
The knowledge exchange and key leader engagement which started on April 12 was held virtually for the first time due to conditions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The global pandemic may have limited some aspects of the Balikatan Exercise but it will never dampen the spirit of friendship, partnership, and shared aspirations of both the Philippines and United States armed forces,” said Major General Edgard Arevalo, Commander of AFP Education Training and Doctrine Command and Exercise Director of Balikatan 2021.
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