Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 80, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 prepares to offload Marines with 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, to conduct a coastal defense during exercise Balikatan 22, at Aparri Beach, Cagayan, Philippines, March 28, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the AFP and military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalog for ‘shoulder-to-shoulder,’ is a long-standing bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 80, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 prepares to offload Marines with 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, to conduct a coastal defense during exercise Balikatan 22, at Aparri Beach, Cagayan, Philippines, March 28, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the AFP and military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalog for ‘shoulder-to-shoulder,’ is a long-standing bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. BK22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of security cooperation.
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