Over 700 future Philippine military officers attend joint field training

Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets take positions ashore during a joint field training exercise at the Marines' training centre in Cavite Province, the Philippines, May 29, 2013. More than 700 future military officers in the Philippines went through drills at a marine base for joint training on land, air, and sea assault after seven marine soldiers were killed in action in a clash against Islamist militant members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf in Patikul town in Sulu, southern Philippines on May 25. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)