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U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Jvani Brown, assigned to Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), marshals a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) MH-60R Sea Hawk attached to RAN Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156) as it prepares to take off from Ashland during a search and rescue exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026 in the South China Sea, April 26, 2026. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military that represents the strength of our alliance, improves our capable combined force, and demonstrates our commitment to regional peace and prosperity. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kenneth Twaddell)
| Date Taken: | 04.25.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.29.2026 03:31 |
| Photo ID: | 9647532 |
| VIRIN: | 260425-M-EU506-1492 |
| Resolution: | 9225x6150 |
| Size: | 3.89 MB |
| Location: | SOUTH CHINA SEA |
| Web Views: | 4 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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