Philippine Army and U.S. Army Pacific soldiers conducted helocast exercise—an airborne technique that allows special operation forces (SOF) to insert into an area by jumping directly from a helicopter into water—as part of the ongoing Salaknib in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija on March 25, 2023.
The helocast exercise is part of the ongoing first phase of Salaknib which will precede Exercise Balikatan on the second week of April 2023. Salaknib's second phase is scheduled for the third quarter of 2023.
Salaknib (shield in Ilocano) is an annual Army-to-Army exercise geared at strengthening the interoperability of Filipino and American soldiers in a spectrum of military operations.
Photos by Corporal Josel P Sucayan PA/OACPA