SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 5, 2019) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Handling Airman Diego RodriguezSoto, from Longmont, Colorado, directs personnel on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) as Wasp transits alongside the Philippine Navy offshore patrol vessel BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS 16) in support of 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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