Marines assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion play basketball with Philippine Army soldiers assigned to the 522nd Engineering Construction Battalion during a friendly pick-up game at Calangitan Elementary School in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines, May 16, 2018. Balikatan 2018, in its 34th iteration, is an annual military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism and other combined military operations held from May 7 to 18.

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