WEBVTT 00:00.230 --> 00:03.309 I am Colonel David fell us commander 00:03.420 --> 00:05.929 combined joint civil operation military 00:05.940 --> 00:08.649 task force based out of Camp Aguinaldo , 00:08.659 --> 00:11.220 Manila Philippines . I am Colonel Arman 00:11.260 --> 00:13.593 Jim Mausi from the Philippine Air Force . 00:13.710 --> 00:15.821 I'm the co commander for the combined 00:15.821 --> 00:17.877 joint civic military operations task 00:17.877 --> 00:21.110 force based off in Campinas . So for me , 00:21.120 --> 00:23.176 what's important about that today is 00:23.176 --> 00:25.342 the the kids in the local community at 00:25.342 --> 00:27.120 La Union , the teachers and the 00:27.120 --> 00:29.879 principal we just met um who are now 00:29.889 --> 00:31.667 receiving a new school with new 00:31.667 --> 00:33.445 bathroom . They said the uh the 00:33.445 --> 00:35.611 previous school um buildings have been 00:35.611 --> 00:37.611 shut down because of the termites . 00:37.611 --> 00:39.833 They had even through the uh the inside 00:39.833 --> 00:42.000 of the , of the wood of the building . 00:42.000 --> 00:44.111 And so our through our , with our Air 00:44.111 --> 00:46.167 force partners , even our Australian 00:46.167 --> 00:45.900 partners and then with our Filipino 00:45.909 --> 00:48.020 counterparts , they were able to come 00:48.020 --> 00:50.131 in , build a whole new two classrooms 00:50.299 --> 00:53.790 with uh bathrooms and um and then fill 00:53.799 --> 00:56.529 those with chairs and tables and um the 00:56.540 --> 00:58.707 most , the coolest thing about that is 00:58.707 --> 01:00.707 delivering that to the teachers and 01:00.707 --> 01:02.818 Children for further future education 01:02.818 --> 01:04.984 here in White Union , Philippines . Uh 01:04.984 --> 01:07.230 this exhibits what we can do together 01:08.019 --> 01:10.879 two forces combining together to build 01:10.889 --> 01:12.778 the school for the benefit of the 01:12.778 --> 01:15.400 community , build high impact projects 01:15.410 --> 01:17.577 that will have long lasting effects in 01:17.577 --> 01:19.410 the community . Working with the 01:19.410 --> 01:21.879 community community is uh really great . 01:22.500 --> 01:25.519 It gives us another dimension into how 01:25.529 --> 01:28.040 militaries work in the environment 01:28.050 --> 01:29.772 where of course , there is the 01:29.772 --> 01:31.889 community there . I think more than 01:31.970 --> 01:34.026 anything else . It's the interaction 01:34.026 --> 01:35.748 with the community that's very 01:35.748 --> 01:37.914 important with this endeavor . And for 01:37.914 --> 01:39.970 me coming in from Manila Philippines 01:39.970 --> 01:42.026 and driving 4.5 hours to our union . 01:42.190 --> 01:44.930 It's seeing the the local excitement 01:44.940 --> 01:47.051 about what this will do for the local 01:47.051 --> 01:49.273 community . But then standing here with 01:49.273 --> 01:51.440 Colonel Mausi driving in here from the 01:51.440 --> 01:54.000 capital . It shows that that um 01:54.040 --> 01:56.730 national and that local tie that the 01:56.739 --> 01:58.683 Philippine national government and 01:58.683 --> 02:00.406 those local governments , even 02:00.406 --> 02:02.628 neighborhood governments , Barong guy , 02:02.628 --> 02:04.628 they are tied together for a single 02:04.628 --> 02:06.683 purpose which is to make the country 02:06.683 --> 02:08.850 more secure , to make the country more 02:08.850 --> 02:10.795 prosperous , to make the country a 02:10.795 --> 02:12.572 place that is uh that , that is 02:12.572 --> 02:14.795 positive for uh even future generations 02:14.795 --> 02:16.795 with the Children that are standing 02:16.795 --> 02:18.961 here with the at the school today with 02:18.961 --> 02:21.183 the Philippines and the US . We are led 02:21.183 --> 02:23.295 by civilian government . The military 02:23.295 --> 02:25.461 does not lead by dictatorship . We are 02:25.461 --> 02:27.406 led by civilian government and the 02:27.406 --> 02:29.350 military is here in service of the 02:29.350 --> 02:31.517 people uh to secure the people to make 02:31.517 --> 02:33.628 the people prosperous . That's how it 02:33.628 --> 02:35.850 is in the United States . That's how it 02:35.850 --> 02:35.259 here here is in the Philippines . So 02:35.270 --> 02:37.381 when we partner here together , it is 02:37.381 --> 02:39.159 very natural that we would come 02:39.159 --> 02:41.214 together in service for the Filipino 02:41.214 --> 02:43.690 people and that the people would see 02:43.699 --> 02:46.369 their A FP and then their us partners 02:46.380 --> 02:48.213 come in and do something that is 02:48.213 --> 02:50.619 beneficial for the communities here . 02:50.630 --> 02:54.089 Before we ever look out there in the 02:54.100 --> 02:57.559 real world scenario , our forces , 02:57.779 --> 03:00.220 both our forces will be uh given the 03:00.229 --> 03:02.990 chance to work with the communities on 03:03.000 --> 03:04.833 the ground . If we work together 03:04.833 --> 03:06.833 somewhere else , this will bring us 03:06.833 --> 03:09.000 closer . This is an experience that we 03:09.000 --> 03:11.167 would like to bring to the communities 03:11.167 --> 03:13.550 that we will be working in . Well , I 03:13.559 --> 03:16.929 can only uh hope that we can make the 03:16.940 --> 03:19.899 hea the humanitarian civic action line 03:19.910 --> 03:22.179 of effort more bigger . I think uh 03:23.309 --> 03:26.300 placing a few other activities like 03:26.309 --> 03:28.365 humanitarian assistance and disaster 03:28.365 --> 03:30.531 response activities where we can build 03:30.531 --> 03:32.729 resiliency in the communities may 03:32.740 --> 03:35.809 enable them capacitate them in uh uh 03:35.820 --> 03:37.987 disaster response scenarios , disaster 03:37.987 --> 03:40.570 response , uh activities , uh 03:40.580 --> 03:43.149 humanitarian engagements and of course 03:43.160 --> 03:45.565 help help . And then definitely this 03:45.574 --> 03:47.904 will benefit us the long term , I think 03:47.914 --> 03:49.914 uh moving forward , that's the best 03:49.914 --> 03:52.384 direction that I can see hea or c 03:52.684 --> 03:54.785 motive . I , I see this as the 03:54.794 --> 03:56.738 beginning . It's only going to get 03:56.738 --> 03:58.850 stronger . I think our partnership is 03:58.850 --> 04:00.905 is growing and developing because of 04:00.905 --> 04:02.905 mutual interests and because of the 04:02.905 --> 04:05.464 shared heart and um and a shared story 04:05.475 --> 04:09.070 and beginning today it'll just get 04:09.080 --> 04:11.191 stronger tomorrow . It will certainly 04:11.191 --> 04:14.270 get stronger in 25 . And I hope to be 04:14.279 --> 04:16.279 back here , personally , I would be 04:16.279 --> 04:18.335 happy to bring my family out here on 04:18.335 --> 04:20.390 vacation . It's a beautiful people . 04:20.390 --> 04:19.989 It's a beautiful country . Drusie 04:20.519 --> 04:22.741 promises me that he'll have a place for 04:22.741 --> 04:24.575 me if I bring my family . Yeah , 04:24.575 --> 04:27.170 definitely . No problem . I will host 04:27.179 --> 04:30.480 you . Best hea or CG Monte 04:31.220 --> 04:34.329 last horse ever . It's my first one . 04:34.339 --> 04:34.700 So I would agree .