SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 10, 2019) Sailors and Marines conduct nighttime small boat operations with combat rubber raiding crafts in the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) 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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