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SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES (March 30, 2019) – Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) prepare to man the rails prior to arriving to Subic Bay in preparation of Exercise Balikatan. Exercise Balikatan, in its 35th iteration, is an annual U.S., Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counter-terrorism, and other combined military operations.