Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Corps Capt. Cynthia M. Gonzales, right, Medical Corps Pediatrics, holds a patients hand as United States Army Capt. Jeremy Long, center, 121st Command Support Hospital, examines a patients upper lip during a medical civic assistance project, April 21, 2012. Philippine and U.S. military members are conducting several MEDCAPs across Palawan during Exercise Balikatan 2012, an annual bilateral training exercise aimed at improving Republic of the Philippines and U.S. military force interoperability during planning, contingency, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.