Balikatan 2017 participants conduct community relations, health engagements in Leyte [Image 3 of 12]

ORMOC, LEYTE, PHILIPPINES

05.02.2017

Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Reft 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Robert Christian speaks to Ormoc City community members during a community relations event for Balikatan 2017 in Ormoc City, Leyte, May 2, 2017. Community relations events with the locals help build relationships with the community to increase response time during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief situation. Philippine and U.S. service members hosted a community health engagement and community relations event for Ormoc City. Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine bilateral military exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Reft)

• Date Taken: 05.02.2017
• Date Posted: 05.10.2017 10:16
• Photo ID: 3373873
• VIRIN: 170502-F-YW474-1070
• Resolution: 6016x4016
• Size: 1.96 MB
• Location: ORMOC, LEYTE, PH