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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Owen Bellows, a joint terminal attack controller with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, shields his face as a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook assigned to 25th Combat Aviation Brigade takes off during a joint, bilateral, littoral, campaign as part of 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 is the 38th iteration of the annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the 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. Coastal defense training figures prominently in the Balikatan 23 training schedule. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Patrick King)
| Date Taken: | 04.24.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 04.26.2023 19:03 |
| Photo ID: | 7763272 |
| VIRIN: | 230424-M-JH495-1052 |
| Resolution: | 7623x4288 |
| Size: | 13.01 MB |
| Location: | PH |
| Web Views: | 109 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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