BASCO, Philippines -- U.S. Army divers with the 7th Engineer Dive Detachment, 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command participate in the closing ceremony of the Basco Port clearance operations with the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 525th Combat Engineer Battalion during Salaknib 2024in Basco, Philippines, June 3, 2024.
Over the past four weeks, Army Divers from the 7th Dive Detachment (7DD) and their Filipino counterparts executed debris removal operations at Basco Port, Batanes Province, Philippines. Organized under Humanitarian Civic Action, 7DD’s mission was to improve the channels leading into the harbor to accommodate larger vessels with deeper drafts within Basco Port, a task successfully accomplished through the joint efforts of both military units.
Salaknib 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, which have been built over decades of shared experiences. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Devin Davis)
| Date Taken: | 06.03.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 06.09.2024 17:28 |
| Category: | Video Productions |
| Video ID: | 926728 |
| VIRIN: | 240603-A-JL197-9564 |
| Filename: | DOD_110368560 |
| Length: | 00:01:20 |
| Location: | BASCO, PH |
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