Balikatan 2025
A U.S. Naval Special Warfare operator, center, shoots an M9 pistol during static range training with Special Operations Command Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippines Coast Guard, and Philippine National Police as part of Exercise Balikatan 25 in Cavite, Philippines, April 24, 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 photo by Sgt. P.J. Siquig)