U.S. Army Pfc. Jaiden Butler, a native of California, and an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, fires an M240B medium machine gun during the counter-landing live-fire event of Exercise Balikatan 25 in Aparri, Philippines, May 3, 2025. This training was conducted alongside U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, Philippine Marines with Marine Battalion Landing Team 10, and Philippine Soldiers with Army Artillery Regiment and the Philippine Army Armored Division. 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. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Malia Sparks)
Date Taken: | 05.03.2025 |
Date Posted: | 05.06.2025 04:50 |
Photo ID: | 9017129 |
VIRIN: | 250502-M-MI096-1364 |
Resolution: | 6720x4480 |
Size: | 13.19 MB |
Location: | APPARI, PH |
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