09 October 2013 - The Philippine Naval Forces Southern Luzon (Navforsol) and the US Marines Corps (USMC), joint participants in Phiblex 2014, and DFA Legazpi organized a community outreach activity at the Banquerohan Resettlement Elementary School (BRES) in Legazpi City on October 8.  The Philippine Army and the Albay Provincial Police also lent support to the activity.

The community outreach activities for the more than 300 students of BRES included feeding program, Palaro ng Lahi (Filipino indigenous games) and hair trimming. The USMC distributed multivitamins, coloring books and also did storytelling activities in the classrooms.

The joint efforts of Navforsol, Philippine Army, Albay Provincial Police, USMC and DFA Legazpi were described by USMC’s Major Grace Janosek as ‘an activity with interoperability’.

BRES is the beneficiary of DFA Legazpi’s community outreach activities under the DFA Volunteer Program.

The RP-US Amphibious Landing Exercise or Phiblex 2014 is designed to improve interoperability, increase readiness and enhance the ability to respond to natural disasters or other regional contingencies. PHIBLEX will also enhance local infrastructure and quality of life and build upon vibrant professional and personal relationships between Philippine and U.S. Marines. END