A Marine receives saline fluids intravenously at an expeditionary flight line medical aid station here, Oct. 9. Comprised of 22 corpsman and doctors, the medical staff is prepared to treat a wide variety of ailments Marines and their Filipino counterparts may encounter during the upcoming Amphibious Landing Exercise 2011, Oct. 14-22. Phiblex '11 is a bilateral training exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, part of the long-term security program between the two countries. By training in the Philippines, it allows the medical personnel of 3rd MEB to hone their skills in a joint, expeditionary environment unlike many other places in the world.