U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, load the Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System onto a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules with the 39th Airlift Squadron during the Maritime Key Terrain Security Operations event as a part of Exercise Balikatan 25 on an island in Batanes, Philippines, April 26, 2025. 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. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Malia Sparks)
