A U.S. Army Soldier, acting as an Assistant Instructor for the Jungle Operations Training Course (JOTC), leads U.S. Army Soldiers and Philippine Army soldiers as they board a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during helocast training 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 Pfc. Peter Bannister)
Date Taken: | 04.30.2025 |
Date Posted: | 08.18.2025 22:20 |
Photo ID: | 9242046 |
VIRIN: | 300425-A-FU572-2352 |
Resolution: | 5195x5195 |
Size: | 7.18 MB |
Location: | PH |
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