Marines On Fire: Balikatan 23 Shakes Up the Pacific!
Channel: Defense Now
Date: 16/05/2023

U.S. Marines, with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conduct a joint, bilateral, littoral air campaign with Philippine Marines with Battalion Landing Team 10, during Balikatan 23 on Basco, Philippines, April 24, 2023.

The littoral campaign took place over three days, during which the joint and bilateral force secured key maritime terrain on three islands in the Luzon Strait, Balikatan 23, the 38th iteration of the annual bilateral exercise, between the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and U.S. Military, The exercise includes three weeks of training focused on, amphibious operations, command and control, humanitarian assistance, urban operations and counterterrorism skills, throughout northern and western Luzon.

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Littoral Air Campaign B-Roll Day 4
PHILIPPINES
04.24.2023

  Coastal defense training figures prominently in the Balikatan 23 training schedule. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Grace Gerlach)

Film Credits: Video by Cpl. Grace Gerlach 
Exercise Balikatan