Balikatan definition
Balikatan is a Tagalog word that means “shoulder-to-shoulder” or “sharing the load together”. It captured the spirit of the exercise to showcase the combined efforts of the multinational forces to ac- complish the engineering project.
Balikatan is a Tagalog phrase that means “shoulder-to- shoulder,” describing the spirit of the annual exercise and the close friendship between the Philippines and the United States.