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Video by Lance Cpl. Roger Annoh

Balikatan 25: U.S., Philippines forces, provide health services, to Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan, residents.

Exercise Balikatan

April 23, 2025 | 4:22

Lt. Cmdr. Matthew J. Kelly-Desai, left, the U.S. community health engagement lead with the Combined Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force, Armed Forces of the Philippines Maj. Cristy A. Serquina Jr., center, the chief of the health service education and training with the Medical Administrative Corps, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces Cmdr. Takahiro Ishizaka, an orthopedic surgeon with the Japan Self-Defense Forces, conduct an interview during Exercise Balikatan 25 at the Pulong Sampaloc Barangay Hall, Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan, April 23, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the armed forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force and demonstrate our commitment to regional peace and prosperity. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Simon Saravia)