U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 5th Battalion, 3rd Artillery Regiment, 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, maneuver into position and fire a U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System for a training iteration in support of Exercise Balikatan 25, in Palawan, Philippines, April 28, 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. Army video by Staff Sgt. Brandon Rickert & Sgt. Austin Peinado)
To ensure the Joint Force can fight and win in any environment, key U.S. Army and organizations from across the Department of War, have gathered at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to refine the complex challenge of operating through a chemical or biological attack.
