U.S. And Filipino Soldiers Participate In All-Marine Training Exercise U.S. And Filipino Soldiers Participate In All-Marine Training Exercise

TERNATE, PHILIPPINES - FEBRUARY 17: A mortar tube sits on a beach as members of the U.S. 3rd Marine Battalion watch a Helocasting exercise February 17, 2003 in Ternate, Cavite province, Philippines. The U.S. marines, based in Okinawa, Japan, are taking part in the joint U.S.-Philippines Marine Interoperatibility Exercise 2003 dubbed "MIX-03." More than 1,300 U.S. and Filipino Marines are taking part in the four-week all-Marine training exercises for the first time after the signing of the Visiting Forces Agreement. The Helocasting exercise is designed to insert the recon team without detection in costal waters in areas of operations by being dropped from a helicopter into the sea. (Photo by David Greedy/Getty Images)