U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Harris, left, assigned to 74th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 303rd EOD Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, talks to his Philippine Army counterparts before conducting bilateral EOD and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear training as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026 at Camp Aquino, Philippines, April 20, 2026.
Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military that represents the strength of our alliance.
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