IN late September, the United States withdrew from the Subic Bay Naval Base in the Philippines. In November, the last US forces in the islands will leave a smaller facility near Manila.Remarkably, in the US, the closing of Subic Bay, once the largest American base abroad, went virtually ...
including the exchange of information. Austin said the center “will be a place where our forces can work side-by-side to respond to regional challenges."
The United States and the Philippines are conducting joint air and maritime patrols in the South China Sea, which come as the two countries step up cooperation in the face of growingly aggressive Chinese activity in the area.
Lin said that by introducing external forces to maintain its security, the Philippines "will only put itself into greater insecurity, and even become the pawn of others". Anna Rosario Malindog-Uy, vice-president for external affairs at ...
Despite this departure, the U.S. remained active in counterterrorism operations in the Philippines. In 1998, thetwo governments signed an agreementthat again permitted U.S. military personnel to be in the country. In 2014, the countries brokeredanother agreementthat gave ...
However, the PCG will not receive the most advanced vessels and weapons from the US, and a few million dollars are far from enough to equip a modern coast guard fleet that is able to repeatedly provoke frictions with China's modern and powerful law-enforcement forces in the region, Song sa...
China has in recent months deployed military, coast guard, as well as what the Philippines and its allies describe as “maritime militia” forces in a bid to eject the Philippines from a trio of other strategically important reefs and islands in the South China Sea. – AFP...
Moreover, the new US-Philippines Bilateral Defense Guidelines of May 3,2023, reaffirm that an armed attack in the Pacific, including anywhere in the South China Sea, on the public vessels or aircraft of either party, including those of the coast guards or armed forces, would invoke mutual de...
AFRL,Air Force Research Laboratory- a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces Defense Department,Department of Defense,DoD,United States Department of Defense,Defense- the federal department responsible for...
The US and Philippines are fielding just over a thousand participants each, while smaller numbers of Australian, British, Japanese and South Korean forces are also taking part. An amphibious landing and training on how to defend against chemical and biological warfare were also among the a...