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Balikatan 25: 317 AW transports NMESIS to Basco

A U.S. Marine Corps Navy-Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System assigned to Medium-Range Missile Battery, 3d Marine Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division is staged at Basco, Philippines, April 26, 2025. This marks the inaugural deployment of the newly fielded Marine Corps weapon system to the Philippines and serves as a major milestone for the continuously developing U.S.-Philippine Alliance. 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 security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Trent Randolph)

PHOTO BY: Chief Warrant Officer Trent Rand
VIRIN: 250426-M-TQ917-1383.JPG
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CAMERA

Canon EOS Ra

LENS

EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

APERTURE

4

SHUTTERSPEED

1/320

ISO

100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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