MEMBERS of the 70th Infantry, Matapat at Matatag Battalion trained indigenous students on first aid and survival skills in San Marcelino, Zambales.

Students of the Judd Hendricks Memorial Aeta Integrated School learned valuable lessons from the troops of Bravo Company, 70IB led by Sergeant Jestoni Alejandria and Rommel C. Paje, school head of JHMAIS.

The students learned basic knot tying, lashing and first aid.

The training coincided with the 86th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.

Lieutenant Colonel Ronnel B. Dela Cruz, Commander of 70IB, emphasized the importance of building strong ties with different stakeholders through various training and lectures.

Major General Andrew D. Costelo, Commander of 7ID thanked the troops of 70IB for imparting knowledge on first-aid and basic survival skills.

“This simple act of reaching out to the local community has a big impact on the hearts of our IP students, the Kaugnay Division will continue to extend its helping hand in capacitating IP communities in any means possible,” Costelo said.