Balikatan 22
📍 Philippines (March 28 - April 8, 2022)
Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.
Balikatan, Tagalog for ‘shoulder-to-shoulder,’ is a longstanding bilateral exercise highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries.
Balikatan 22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of the U.S.-Philippine security cooperation.
📷 (U.S. Marine Corps video edited by Sgt. Josue Marquez and Cpl. Hassanen Attabi)
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