THE Philippines and the United States have a strong, diverse medical force. For these two countries, it is great to get themselves together where they can identify their collective strengths and opportunities for improvement which can be accelerated together as partners.

At the recent Balikatan 23: Health Service Support-Senior Leadership Symposium held at The Westin Manila, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Surgeon General Col. Fatima Claire Navarro said, 'As a family, we can work together on doing our readiness components interoperability and collaboration.'