Marine Lt. Col. Ryan E. Scott answers questions from local media at an opening ceremony for the Combined Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force during Balikatan 2017 in Camp Lapulapu, Cebu, May 1, 2017. Scott is the commanding officer of the CJCMOTF during Balikatan 2017. 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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