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- [Narrator] So today was the culminating exercise

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of two weeks of training partnered

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with both the U.S. military,

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Armed Forces of the Philippines disaster response unit,

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and also civilian first responders.

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So the entire scenario was based on a typhoon hitting

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about 30 minutes ahead of schedule.

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So you had a mass cal that was created

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from people trying to be evacuated from the island,

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but missing the timeline and being hit

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and damaged on site of the evacuation site.

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(moaning in pain)

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We also had a downed pilot,

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we replicated a first responder aircraft going down

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and one of those crew being an isolated personnel.

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The joint effort of both Filipino armed forces

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disaster response unit search and rescue,

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and U.S. medics to work to identify

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and extract that casualty.

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(helicopter rotors thumping)

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Disaster response is a huge, huge, civil vulnerability.

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So if we don't work with our partners

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to build that capacity,

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then we're gonna miss the opportunity

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to prevent non-state and negative influencers

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to take advantage of disaster situations.

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So building capacity in our partner force

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is essential as we move forward,

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and bilateral relationship and training is the way to do it.