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Balkan means in Tagalog shoulder to

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shoulder , and this year in 2025 was

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the 40th iteration of the Balkan

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exercises . So that really means

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standing shoulder to shoulder with our

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Filipino counterparts , our partners ,

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our allies , and the multinational

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partners and allies that came into the

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theater to participate in the exercises .

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The purpose of Balaatan 2025 is to

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enhance our bilateral relationships

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between the Philippines and the United

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States and to gain some insight ,

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experience capabilities between both

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forces .

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Some of the training that we conducted

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during Balkan 25 included the

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integrated air missile defense exercise ,

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the maritime Key terrain security

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operations in the Luzon Strait , the

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counter landing live fire up at a party ,

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and then the close air support exercise

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at Saab .

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TLR's participation in about 25 was

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different from previous iterations for

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several key factors , one of which

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being that we brought the rogue nemesis

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system forward , the nemesis being the

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Navy Marine Expeditionary ship

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interdiction system , and then we also

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brought forward the Mattis system , the

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Marine Air Defense Integrated systems ,

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a lot of hard work that paid off for

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all the Marines that have worked so

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hard with those new systems that have

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been training for months to get them

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out here from . Getting the systems

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completely brand new to training day

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after day , week after week with them

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back in Hawaii to finally getting them

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out here , that was huge for those

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Marines that have put in all that hard

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work .

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The bilateral training that benefits

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both parties involved during 2025 is

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that each force has their own

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capabilities , skill sets , and tactics

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that we can learn from each other , and

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being able to integrate that with SME

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exchanges or just joint trading further

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enhances our capability together as

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partner forces . The most junior Marine

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up to the most senior Marine here , I

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think we all really came away with a

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better understanding each time we come

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here of the culture and the people of

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the country .