Officers and enlisted personnel of the Capiz-based 3rd
Infantry Division formally welcomed members of the US
This took place as the group made a courtesy call to 3rd ID
headquarters in Camp Macario Peralta in Jamindan, Capiz Wednesday.
Brig. Gen. Dinoh Dolina, 3rd ID assistant commander, led the
welcoming committee for members of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task
Force (JCMOTF) United States
The unit is head by Major Alejandro Bunyag.
He and his group will be training “shoulder-to-shoulder” on
humanitarian civic assistance, cooperative health engagements and civil affairs
with the troops of 3rd Infantry Division under the “Balikatan” 2016 Task Force
Panay.
Military engineers of both countries started working
side-by-side last March 29 at Jaena Norte Elementary School in Jamindan, Capiz,
San Nicolas Elementary School in Tapaz, Capiz and Matangharon Elementary school
in Dingle, Iloilo under the engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) which will
run until April 16.
Last March 28-29, civil-military operations (CMO) exchange
training particularly on information support affairs focusing on information
support design and development was conducted; while a two-day civil affairs
training started last March 30 with exchanges on CMO expertise from military
personnel of both countries.
From March 31-April 1, leaders of “Balikatan” team in Panay
will pay a courtesy call to the governors of the provinces of Capiz, Aklan, Iloilo
Forthcoming “Balikatan” 2016 events in Panay include
Cooperative Health Engagement in the three ENCAP sites through medical first
aid trainings; at Camp Peralta through tactical combat casualty care courses
and in Jamindan municipality which aims to provide medical associated training
and seminars on first responders, disaster mental health, hygiene and nutrition
training in accordance with the needs within the respective local communities.
Meantime, an implementation of a joint rapid reaction force
particularly on Combined Logistics Point (CLP) will be conducted in the
vicinity of Antique on April 11 to 14 demonstrating partnered capability in
rapid response that will further increase the level of readiness and
effectiveness of both countries in providing relief and assistance to the local
communities in the event of natural disasters and other crises.
http://dwdd.com.ph/2015/bk-2016-ii-3rd-id-in-capiz-welcomes-us-balikatan-contingent/
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