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    Balikatan 25: JOTC Completes HELOCAST Insertion Training [Image 2 of 7]

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    Balikatan 25: JOTC Completes HELOCAST Insertion Training

    PHILIPPINES

    04.29.2025

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Brenden Delgado 

    25th Infantry Division   

    U.S. Army Spc. Gabriel Terreri, an infantryman assigned to 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Mobile Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, swims to the control designated location ashore in a helocast training iteration during the Jungle Operations Training Course (JOTC) at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, April 30, 2025. As part of Exercise Balikatan 25, Soldiers trained under the 25th Infantry Division’s Lightning Academy Mobile Training Team on helocasting, an airborne technique used by small unit forces to insert troops into a maritime insertion point.

    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. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brenden Delgado)

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    Date Taken: 04.29.2025
    Date Posted: 05.09.2025 05:36
    Photo ID: 9024885
    VIRIN: 250429-A-NF551-1003
    Resolution: 8192x5464
    Size: 20.41 MB
    Location: PH

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