U.S. Navy Lt. Karen Mayr, Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, checks the ears of a boy she suspects has an ear infection, Quinlogan Elementary School, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 24, 2011. Some of the services offered by Philippine military and U.S. Navy doctors and dentists, and Philippine civilian provisional doctors were; consultations, circumcisions, dental exams and teeth extractions. The Medical and Dental civil action project was in Philbex 2012 and intended to help the Philippine and U.S. armed forces' ability to respond quickly and work together to provide relief and assistance in the event of natural disasters and other crises that threaten public safety and health.