SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 6, 2019) Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) fire shot line toward the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) as part of a fueling-at-sea during Exercise Balikatan 2019. In its 35th iteration, Balikatan is an annual military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counter-terrorism, and other combined military operations.

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