Todd Jonas (left), U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific,

Todd Jonas (left), U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, experimentation center, and U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. John Bates, a water purification specialist with III Marine Expeditionary Force, examine a Solar Hybrid Expeditionary Power and Purification Systems to purify the water as part of a disaster-response scenario during the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief and Military Medicine Exercise hosted by Brunei Darussalam June 17 at Temburong, Brunei. More than 2,500 multinational personnel from 18 Asia-Pacific nations are participating in the ASEAN exercise, which provides a platform for regional partner nations to address shared security challenges, strengthen defense cooperation, enhance interoperability and promote stability in the region. The exercise is scheduled to conclude June 20.