Readiness

U.S. Marines with 4th Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve pose for a photo alongside Armed Forces of the Philippines soldiers with 70th Infantry Battalion before the annual Good Friday Parade hosted by Nuestra Senora de Lourdes Parish Church during Exercise Balikatan 25 at Pulong Sampalok, Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan, Philippines, April 21, 2025. at Pulong Sampalok, Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan, Philippines, April 18, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and 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 courtesy photo)