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Balikatan 25: U.S., Philippine, Australian Forces Conduct Counter Landing Live-Fire Exercise in Rizal, Philippines

  • Exercise Balikatan
  • May 1, 2025 | 0:30

Philippine Marines with the 3rd Marine Brigade, Australian Army Soldiers with 5th/7thBattalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, and U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, conduct a counter landing live fire exercise during Exercise Balikatan 25 at Rizal, Philippines, April 28, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Army Reserve video by Spc. Riley Anfinson)

 
 
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