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April 27, 2009

 

 

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(BALIKATAN) Bilateral Radio Training Opens Lines Of Communication: CAMP EMILIO AGUINALDO, Republic of the Philippines – Master Sergeant Gil Tribunsay of the Philippine Marines works with Gunnery Sergeant Carolyn Dukes and Corporal Antonio Soto, both U.S. Marines, to synchronize U.S. and Philippine military radios during a communications training exercise here April 24. The training helped establish secure radio channels between the two nations for current and future real-world activities, according to participants. “It was a challenge to overcome the differences in the radio programming but, in the end, we made it work,” said Soto. “The Philippine service members showed us different methods that were actually easier.” The training will benefit future missions, according to Tribunsay. “I’m confident that our training with the U.S. Marine Corps will give us the ability to operate and communicate securely with our radios,” Tribunsay said. “We already consider ourselves compatible with the U.S. communication system”. The training was part of Exercise Balikatan 2009, an annual humanitarian-assistance and training activity involving the Philippine and U.S. armed forces, as well as Philippine civil defense agencies. (Official U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hummel)

 

 

(BALIKATAN) Bilateral Radio Training Opens Lines Of Communication: CAMP EMILIO AGUINALDO, Republic of the Philippines – Master Sergeant Gil Tribunsay of the Philippine Marines works with Gunnery Sergeant Carolyn Dukes and Corporal Antonio Soto, both U.S. Marines, to synchronize U.S. and Philippine military radios during a communications training exercise here April 24. The training helped establish secure radio channels between the two nations for current and future real-world activities, according to participants. “It was a challenge to overcome the differences in the radio programming but, in the end, we made it work,” said Soto. “The Philippine service members showed us different methods that were actually easier.” The training will benefit future missions, according to Tribunsay. “I’m confident that our training with the U.S. Marine Corps will give us the ability to operate and communicate securely with our radios,” Tribunsay said. “We already consider ourselves compatible with the U.S. communication system”. The training was part of Exercise Balikatan 2009, an annual humanitarian-assistance and training activity involving the Philippine and U.S. armed forces, as well as Philippine civil defense agencies. (Official U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hummel)

 

 

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