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Video by Cpl. James Stanfield

Balikatan 23 | MIT Servicemembers teach CPR in Sibalom

Exercise Balikatan

April 15, 2023 | 7:39

U.S., Philippine, and Australian servicemembers from the Balikatan 23 Medical Interoperability Training Team teach a CPR class at the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office Operations Center in Sibalom, Antique Province, Philippines, April 16, 2023. Balikatan, Tagalog for “shoulder-to-shoulder,” is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military. The exercise provides unique opportunities for participating forces to increase interoperability and provide tangible benefits for the people of the Philippines. Humanitarian civic assistance projects support local communities in the Philippines and strengthen our partnership. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. James Stanfield)