While Filipino units, involved in this year's 'Balikatan'
exercises, are now conducting their disaster response "CPXs" in Camp
Aguinaldo, Quezon City, their US counterparts are also doing their exercises to
help Philippine forces effectively deal with the event.
"CPXs" is short for command post exercises.
"Balikatan" spokesperson Capt. Celeste Frank Sayson said Armed Forces
of the Philippines
While American units will conduct their version of the CPXs
in Hawaii
US forces and their equipment are expected to start arriving
Monday until April 1. Their destinations are not giving for security reasons.
"While we are doing our unilateral defense planning
(the CPX), the US is doing
its own table top exercise on how to help the Philippines
The country's "CPX" involves placing all
commanding officers of Philippine units earnmarked for the annual wargames will
be place in one room and made to response to stimulated scenarios which include
a sudden movement of the West Valley Fault which triggered a 6.5-magnitude
earthquake that severely impacted Metro Manila.
Sayson said this stimulated exercises will teach Filipino
commanders on how to properly react during a crisis, exercise their
command-and-control mechanisms, and how to coordinate their response with
Malacanang, the National Security Council and allied nations like the US
Units involved in the earthquake scenario includes those of
the Tarlac-based Northern Luzon Command and Lucena-headquartered Southern Luzon
Command.
"Balikatan 2016" is scheduled to start this April
4 and will end on April 15.
An estimated 3, 773 Filipino soldiers and 4,904 US troops
will participate in the two-week military maneuvers.
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