U.S. Army Spc. Xavier Ayers, a construction equipment repairer assigned to 523rd Engineer
Support Company, 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Training Sustainment
Command, tightens bolts on a 120M Motor Grader at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, April 18,
2026. The 523rd Engineer Company is constructing a field landing strip in support of the
Philippine Army Special Forces in preparation for Exercise Balikatan 2026. 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
| Date Taken: | 04.18.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.18.2026 22:56 |
| Photo ID: | 9624792 |
| VIRIN: | 260418-A-MA645-2006 |
| Resolution: | 5464x8192 |
| Size: | 18.59 MB |
| Location: | FORT MAGSAYSAY, PH |
| Web Views: | 3 |
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