Army Maj. Tyler Espinoza and Capt. Bryan Rupert conduct pre-flight checks during a simulated flight at night to prepare for missions requiring transit to and from a ship at sea in support of Balikatan 2017 at Fort Magsaysay in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, May 7, 2017. Espinoza and Rupert are both UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilots with the 25th Infantry Division. The maritime vessel operations provide humanitarian assistance and disaster response training that helps the Philippine and forces to provide a faster and more effective response to natural disasters. Balikatan is an annual
Army Maj. Tyler Espinoza and Capt. Bryan Rupert conduct pre-flight checks during a simulated flight at night to prepare for missions requiring transit to and from a ship at sea in support of Balikatan 2017 at Fort Magsaysay in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, May 7, 2017. Espinoza and Rupert are both UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilots with the 25th Infantry Division. The maritime vessel operations provide humanitarian assistance and disaster response training that helps the Philippine and forces to provide a faster and more effective response to natural disasters. Balikatan is an annual bilateral military exercise focused on a variety of missions including humanitarian and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations.
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