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U.S. Air Force Major Evan Backes speaks about the 353rd Special Operations Group’s Balikatan 2019 mission and community relations event at San Pablo Elementary School in San Pablo, Bataan, Philippines, as part of Exercise Balikatan 2019, April 6, 2019. Balikatan is an annual military training exercise hosted by the Philippines between the AFP and U.S. military designed to build U.S. and Philippine defense readiness while strengthening multinational relationships. Backes, a Fort Walton Beach, Florida native, is a NC0-130H pilot with 353rd Special Operations Group. (Video by Sgt. Scott Vargas)
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