Balikatan 2025 closes with impressive deterrent effect

Balikatan 2025 closes with impressive deterrent effect

This year"s Balikatan Exercise or the annual joint military exercise between the Philippines and the United States was officially closed on Friday.

U.S. Special Operations Forces units were deployed in the South China Sea and archipelagos of the Philippines within the framework of the Balikatan 2025 Multinational Exercise. During operations, U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force units carried out activities in different phases with the support of air and naval means. As each edition reports, the Balikatan Exercise represents one of the most important combined deployments of the U.S. and Philippine …

Philippines, U.S. conclude Exercise Balikatan 25

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Mary Grace Villarica, center-right, a dental hygienist with the Combined Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force, and Philippine Dental Corps 1st Lt. Eliza Aira , a dental hygienist assigned to 1365th Dental Detachment 5ID, teach dental hygiene to local children during Exercise Balikatan 25. Photo credit: U.S. Marine Corps | Lance Cpl. Roger- Junior AnnohCAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City, Philippines – The Armed Forces…

Philippine, U.S. Forces Conclude Balikatan 25 Humanitarian Civic Assistance Efforts

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City, Philippines -- Service members from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, U.S. military, Japanese Self-Defense Force, and Australian Defence Force concluded humanitarian civic assistance efforts on May 7 as part of Exercise Balikatan 25.