A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Charlie Co.,
Summary
A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Charlie Co., 296th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, practices blood drawing techniques with a local Philippine Army soldier at Ft. Magsaysay, Philippines, April 4, 2019, during Exercise Balikatan 2019. Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise in its 35th iteration, which focuses on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, counter-terrorism, and other combined military operations held from April 1 to April 12. Balikatan enables participating forces to maintain a high level of readiness and responsiveness and enhances combined military-to-military relations and capabilities. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Ariel J. Solomon)