 Welcome to The Core Report, I'm Corporal Clayton Philpovich. And I'm Sergeant Fariz Ali. Thursday Gunnery Sergeant Brian Jaclyn was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions while deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. The Marslock Raider conducted direct, indirect and aviation fires on the enemy while coordinating the evacuation of his Marines. While securing a landing zone, he remained in the open as he rained M-203 grenades on the enemy until the aircraft could land. And what's even more badass is he voluntarily stayed behind to continue fighting the enemy for another 24 hours. Semper Fi Gunnery! April 20th marks the start of Exercise Balakutan 2015. The annual exercise involves nearly 6,000 U.S. troops and 3,500 Filipino military personnel. Balakutan is all about bilateral training and the strengthening of U.S. and Filipino partnerships. In fact, the name actually means shoulder to shoulder. The exercise will consist of three events, humanitarian assistance, a command post exercise, and a field training exercise. Stay tuned to the Marines' social media sites throughout the week as we received more video and photo coverage. Civil Affairs Marines are training partner nations in the U.S. Southern Command Area of Operations. The small group of Marines are there to advise, mentor, and train our Belizean counterparts in an effort to strengthen their capacity to conduct civil affairs missions. We'll keep you updated on their mission in the coming months. Remember you can catch up on all things going on around the Corps by logging on to our official social media sites. Thanks for watching, everyone. We'll see you next Friday. Right here on The Corps Report.