According to the AFP, the Balikatan Exercises have four major events: command post exercise, cyber defense exercise, field training exercise, and humanitarian civic assistance.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1755067/biggest-ever-balikatan-exercises-begin

Coastal defense training figures prominently in the Balikatan 23 training schedule.

Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/443381/us-philippine-forces-sink-target-ship-first-time-balikatan-exercise

The two military officials also conferred on the Balikatan and the just concluded “Salaknib” military exercise.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/04/13/pinoy-and-us-troops-train-on-cbrnon-2nd-day-of-balikatan-exercise/

This came after fisherfolk, specifically in Zambales, expressed fear that their source of livelihood, fish catch, might be affected by the “Balikatan” exercises where a large portion of the province’s usual fishing grounds would be a “no-sail zone.”

Source: https://globalnation.inquirer.net/213354/no-fishers-will-be-harmed-amid-balikatan-exercises-afp