US, Philippines launch joint army drills ahead of Hegseth visit

The Manila Times

US, Philippines launch joint army drills ahead of Hegseth visit   The Philippine and US militaries conduct a SMEE (Subject Matter Expert Exchange) in preparation for Salaknib 2025 on Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, days before new US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is set to visit the southeast Asian country.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #worldnews  #us  #philippines  #armydrill

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00:00So what I do is I stand in front of the tube, I pull it out, and I look, while this is getting

00:20ready, I come over.

00:21If you guys remember Sonny Hernandez talking about pre-fire checks, I do the same thing.

00:27I start here, go through, I verify that these are not touching, and that they're on.

00:33I look at this, his gun, and I'll do it for the next gun, and so on.

00:38I come around, and the first thing I do is I look at this.

00:42So on this, this is where...

00:57I look at what he wrote, because I have to make sure it's the same, 2-5, 2-4, oh my god.

01:06And then I check.

01:08And that's part of the...

01:10And then the last thing I do, I tell the section chief to let FTC know that this gun is big

01:18three.

01:19And he calls it up, and then I go to the next gun.

01:27Your filter.

01:28You guys use your filter?

01:32So the filter.

01:33So if I want to, let's say, because what we do is, in order to transfer the same, I can

01:40lay it off the sun.

01:56Okay.

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