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U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, and Philippine Marines with Marine Battalion Landing Team 10, load onto a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk with 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, during the Maritime Key Terrain Security Operations event during Exercise Balikatan 25 in Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 22, 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 photo by Cpl. Malia Sparks)