Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 04.05.2019
U.S. Army soldiers serving with 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, take cover behind a Philippine armored personnel carrier in a simulated assault as they role-play as opposing forces against Philippine defensive positions during Balikatan 2019 at Camp O’Donnell, Philippines, April 5, 2019. Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise in its 35th......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 04.05.2019
U.S. Army Pvt. Nick Karsseboom (left) and Pfc. Elliot Pierce, infantrymen serving with 5th Battalion, 20th Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, take cover as they prepare to assault the objective while role-playing as the opposing forces during Exercise Balikatan 2019 at Camp O’Donnell, Philippines, April 5, 2019. Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine military......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 04.05.2019
U.S. Army Strykers from the 5th Battalion, 20th Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, simulate a defensive position as the infantry prepares to make a simulated assault on opposing forces during Exercise Balikatan 2019 at Camp O’Donnell, Philippines, April 5, 2019. Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise, in its 35th iteration, focuses on......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 04.05.2019
Staff Sgt. Nelson B. Daulayan, of the 6th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, looks for U.S. soldiers who are playing the opposing force during base defense training as a part of Exercise Balikatan 2019 on Camp O’Donnell, Philippines, April 5, 2019. Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise in its 35th iteration that focuses on a variety of missions,......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 04.05.2019
A Philippine Air Force medevac helicopter takes off with a simulated casualty as Philippine Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team provide a defensive perimeter around the landing zone during Balikatan 2019 at Camp O’Donnell, Philippines, April 5, 2019. Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise in its 35th iteration that focuses on a variety of missions, including......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 04.05.2019
A simulated casualty is transferred to an aircraft stretcher by medics from the Philippine Air Force and 1st Brigade Combat Team, Philippine Army, as part of a medevac drill during Exercise Balikatan at Camp O’Donnell, Philippines, April 5, 2019. Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise in its 35th iteration that focuses on a variety of missions, including......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 04.05.2019
Staff Sgt. Arsenio D. Utleg, Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, Philippine Army, guides a Philippine Air Force medical helicopter into an improvised landing zone to conduct a simulated medevac during Exercise Balikatan at Camp O’Donnell, Philippines, April 5, 2019. Exercise Balikatan, in its 35th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 04.05.2019
Capt. Emerson V. Salvadora, an observer controller from the Philippine Army’s Engineer School, Training and Doctrine Command, takes notes to provide feedback on U.S. soldiers he is observing as they begin a simulated assault against an enemy position during Exercise Balikatan at Camp O’Donnell, Philippines, April 5, 2019. Balikatan is a U.S.-Philippine military training exercise in its......
