Keywords: US Navy 050221-N-6775N-022 Secretary of National Defense, Honorable Avelino J Cruz Jr., Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, Mr. Joseph Mussomeli and Office of American Affairs, Asec Ariel Abadilla.jpg en Camp Aguinaldo Philippines Feb 21 2005 From left Secretary of National Defense Honorable Avelino J Cruz Jr Deputy Chief of Mission U S Embassy Mr Joseph Mussomeli and Office of American Affairs Asec Ariel Abadilla wait for the invocation to begin during the opening ceremony for exercise Balikatan 2005 at Camp Aguinaldo Philippines The 21st annual exercise is a bilateral multiservice even designed to improve planning and interoperability to enhance military capabilities against armed attacks including those from terrorist threats as well as increasing readiness to respond to natural disasters A top priority will be joint cooperation in training to conduct humanitarian and civic assistance projects Members from the U S Army Navy and Air Force will be working side by side with their Armed Forces of the Philippines AFP counterparts Approximately 300 U S personnel and 550 AFP personnel will participate U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Justin P Nesbitt RELEASED 2005-02-21 050221-N-6775N-022 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 22290 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Justin P Nesbitt PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Camp Aguinaldo Philippines Balikatan 2005 Ariel Abadilla Joseph Mussomeli |