Balikatan 24 Interviews: Davila Elementary School Community Health Engagement

Credit: Sgt. Luc Boatman | Date Taken: 04/21/2024
Philippine Technical and Administrative Service Capt. Edwin L. Virtucio, a flight nurse, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Forster-Curnew, an independent duty medical technician, both with the Combined Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force and Edgar A. Alcaraz, a Davila barangay councilor, give interviews after a community health engagement held before Exercise Balikatan 24 at Davila Elementary School in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, April 21, 2024. The Philippine and U.S. service members trained Ilocos Norte healthcare workers and residents on basic lifesaving skills such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation and tactical combat casualty care, increasing emergency care access and awareness. BK 24 is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Luc P. Boatman)