Marine Capt. Justin Kabilian speaks with Tanauan Mayor Pelagio “Pel” Tecson during Balikatan 2017 in Tanauan, Leyte, May 5, 2017. The role of civil affairs meetings during Balikatan is to perform infrastructure assessments on ports and air fields to find out their capacity and capabilities during humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions. Balikatan is an annual bilateral military exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism and other combined military operations.

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