Wednesday, September 30, 2015

PHIBLEX 2016 opens Thursday

From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 30): PHIBLEX 2016 opens Thursday

Filipino and American Marine units will formally start the nine-day Philippine Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) Thursday.

Opening ceremonies will take place at the Philippine Marine Corps headquarters in Marine Barracks Rudiardo Brown, Bonifacio Naval Station, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

PHIBLEX 2016, the 31st iteration of the annual military maneuvers, will end on Oct. 9, said PMC spokesperson Capt. Jerber Belonio.

He added that amphibious exercises will take place in different areas in Luzon, including Angeles-Clark, Pampanga with command post or table top exercises scheduled in Palawan.

Field exercises include small arms and artillery live-fire training.

Belonio stressed that the nine-day exercise is meant to improve interoperability of both forces in responding to crisis situations.

"PHIBLEX is a bilateral training between the Philippines and US forces so that we can maintain readiness, enhance interoperability and improve the ability for a bilateral Philippine-US force to respond to natural disasters or during crisis," he pointed out.

The humanitarian and civic assistance projects in Palawan will include engineering civic action projects, to improve local infrastructure, cooperative health engagements and to share medical best practices to meet the medical needs of Philippine citizens.

The humanitarian and civic assistance projects support the needs and humanitarian interests of the Philippine people.

All portions of PHIBLEX will also play a major role in preparation for the upcoming large scale exercise, Balikatan, to take place next year.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=809878

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