The community watches as Army Sgt. 1st Class Rafael Matias-Ortiz (center-right) and Navy Hospitalman 3rd Class Simon Rodriguez participate as "patients" during a cooperative health engagement at Barangay Santo Nino in Tarlac City, Philippines, in support of Exercise Balikatan, April 25, 2018. Matias-Ortiz is a combat medic with 62nd Medical Brigade, and is a 41-year-old native of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Rodriguez is a preventative health technician with 3rd Medical Battalion, and is a 21-year-old native of Chicago, Illinois. Balikatan 34-2018, in its 34th iteration, is an annual


The community watches as Army Sgt. 1st Class Rafael Matias-Ortiz (center-right) and Navy Hospitalman 3rd Class Simon Rodriguez participate as "patients" during a cooperative health engagement at Barangay Santo Nino in Tarlac City, Philippines, in support of Exercise Balikatan, April 25, 2018. Matias-Ortiz is a combat medic with 62nd Medical Brigade, and is a 41-year-old native of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Rodriguez is a preventative health technician with 3rd Medical Battalion, and is a 21-year-old native of Chicago, Illinois. Balikatan 34-2018, in its 34th iteration, is an annual military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism and other combined military operations held from May 7 to 18. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew J. Bragg)


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