WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.231 We are an alliance of warriors from the 00:02.231 --> 00:04.449 sea . It be fire team . 00:11.159 --> 00:13.270 And that's exactly what this was this 00:13.270 --> 00:16.090 year , 9 7 6 ft . 3rd Marine Litoral 00:16.090 --> 00:18.146 regiment along with a bunch of other 00:18.146 --> 00:20.312 units from the US Marine Corps working 00:20.312 --> 00:22.146 with our Philippine Marine Corps 00:22.146 --> 00:23.423 brothers and sisters . 00:31.399 --> 00:33.621 Really great experience for our Marines 00:33.621 --> 00:35.732 and a really great opportunity for us 00:35.732 --> 00:37.899 to showcase our ability to do not just 00:37.899 --> 00:41.520 combat operations . But 00:41.520 --> 00:43.520 logistics throughout the Philippine 00:43.520 --> 00:46.330 archipelago . We had 2 exercises during 00:46.330 --> 00:48.497 the 3rd Marine Litoral regiment summer 00:48.497 --> 00:52.380 deployment . Exercise Bala 25 . 00:54.310 --> 00:56.143 Exercise Balaatan is the largest 00:56.143 --> 00:58.088 bilateral event between the United 00:58.088 --> 01:00.254 States and the Philippines . It stands 01:00.254 --> 01:00.189 for shoulder to shoulder , and this is 01:00.189 --> 01:02.549 the 40th iteration and the largest one 01:02.549 --> 01:04.882 that we've done here in the Philippines . 01:09.610 --> 01:13.019 Third MOR's role in BK 25 is to 01:13.019 --> 01:15.241 strengthen the relationship between the 01:15.241 --> 01:17.186 local populists , the government . 01:19.500 --> 01:22.339 And the Philippine Marines as well as 01:22.339 --> 01:24.940 the United States Marines . And the 01:24.940 --> 01:27.107 next exercise happened shortly after , 01:27.107 --> 01:29.162 which was exercise Commondog 9 , the 01:29.162 --> 01:31.720 9th duration of this exercise . Common 01:31.720 --> 01:34.319 Dog 9 is an interoperability exercise 01:34.319 --> 01:36.319 that we do here with the Philippine 01:36.319 --> 01:38.597 Marine Corps and other partner nations . 01:41.790 --> 01:43.901 Broken up into a few different things 01:43.901 --> 01:45.901 between the companies , but largely 01:45.901 --> 01:47.957 we've been focusing on a lot of live 01:47.957 --> 01:51.059 fire . Really getting to operate all 01:51.059 --> 01:52.392 the different weapons . 01:58.879 --> 02:01.046 Uh , so live fired throughout the tree 02:01.046 --> 02:00.660 line left or right . 02:04.900 --> 02:07.059 It's more realistic training than we 02:07.059 --> 02:09.300 typically might get being that we are 02:09.300 --> 02:13.259 in the Pacific . As part of Tomado 02:13.259 --> 02:15.092 9 , there was an activity called 02:15.092 --> 02:17.037 Maritime Key Terrain Security Oper 02:17.037 --> 02:18.870 operations . We had a company of 02:18.870 --> 02:20.926 Marines deploy with Marine Battalion 02:20.926 --> 02:22.815 Landing Team 10 in the Philippine 02:22.815 --> 02:25.037 Marine Corps . They went to the Batanes 02:25.037 --> 02:24.979 Islands and the Babuyan Islands and 02:24.979 --> 02:26.757 showcased their ability to work 02:26.757 --> 02:27.757 together . 02:32.130 --> 02:34.074 Medium range missile battery , the 02:34.074 --> 02:36.241 rogue nemesis up into those islands as 02:36.241 --> 02:38.750 well and deploy that . Historic time 02:38.750 --> 02:40.972 for a 3rd Marine La regiment and the US 02:40.972 --> 02:43.139 Marine Corps it's the first time we've 02:43.139 --> 02:45.139 done that showcasing the ability to 02:45.139 --> 02:45.110 reach those far to reach locations with 02:45.110 --> 02:47.710 our aviation assets . Our regiment's 02:47.710 --> 02:49.654 primary training objective getting 02:49.654 --> 02:51.654 forward amongst our allies that are 02:51.654 --> 02:53.877 here in the Philippines , understanding 02:53.877 --> 02:56.043 the terrain , culture , the challenges 02:56.043 --> 02:55.750 associated with operating out here . 02:59.770 --> 03:01.992 The Ironclad alliance that we have with 03:01.992 --> 03:04.669 the Filipino Marine Corps allows us to 03:04.669 --> 03:07.039 use our past experiences from each 03:07.039 --> 03:09.206 exercise and build upon it to create a 03:09.206 --> 03:10.270 better training event every iteration .