WEBVTT 00:00.059 --> 00:01.059 Yeah . 00:03.890 --> 00:05.946 The purpose of the close air support 00:05.946 --> 00:07.946 exercise was to train alongside the 00:07.946 --> 00:09.946 Filipino JTACs with US and Filipino 00:09.946 --> 00:12.550 aircraft . About to drop . 00:17.399 --> 00:19.121 The bilateral training that we 00:19.121 --> 00:21.343 conducted between the Philippine Marine 00:21.343 --> 00:23.232 Corps and the US Marine Corps was 00:23.232 --> 00:22.950 beneficial for many reasons . 00:27.129 --> 00:30.010 976 . Most overarching was for the 00:30.010 --> 00:31.621 planning and the operational 00:31.621 --> 00:33.788 understanding of each of our different 00:33.788 --> 00:35.954 services and structures so we can work 00:35.954 --> 00:37.049 together better and more effectively .