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    Balikatan 25: USS Savannah (LCS 28) Participates in MME with Japanese Navy, Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard Ships [Image 5 of 7]

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    Balikatan 25: USS Savannah (LCS 28) Participates in MME with Japanese Navy, Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard Ships

    PHILIPPINES

    04.27.2025

    Photo by Lt. Carlos Gomez 

    Exercise Balikatan       

    The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28), center front, participates in a multilateral maneuvering exercise with Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45), Philippine Navy ships BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16) and BRP Apolinario Mabini (PS-36), Philippine Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301), and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force JS Yahagi (FFM-5) during Exercise Balikatan 25, April 27, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and 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. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Bryan Ilyankoff)

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    Date Taken: 04.27.2025
    Date Posted: 04.30.2025 04:15
    Photo ID: 9003840
    VIRIN: 250427-N-WX378-1013
    Resolution: 2100x1180
    Size: 1.09 MB
    Location: PH

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