Interview: Luis Francia discusses US military training exercises in the Philippines to help Filipino soldiers defeat Abu SayyafJOHN YDSTIE
a military headquarters in Manila. The U.S. Embassy has a growing military presence working out of the base to help the Philippines order equipment, but the new center will help them plan larger exercises together, U.S. officials
The US military has also used spy balloons, including in an exercise with the Philippines in the Bashi Channel from March to April 2022. Made of polyethylene plastic, the balloon can be used for communications, navigation and remote sensing for more than 45 days at a time, according to Mizar...
Washington officials in Manila have announced $500 million in funding to boost Philippine defenses and progress in a proposed military intelligence-sharing pact amid shared concerns over China's increasingly aggressive actions in the region.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s floatingequipment stockpile in the Indo-Pacific theaterwas put to the test for the first time in exercises in the Philippines, revealingthe changing nature of how the service’s prepositioned stock is used, according Brig. Gen. Jay Bartholomees. ...
The US military has also used spy balloons, including in an exercise with the Philippines in the Bashi Channel from March to April 2022. Made of polyethylene plastic, the balloon can be used for communications, navigation and remote sensing for more than 45 days at a time, according to Mizar...
The U.S. installed the Typhon missile system in the northern Philippines in April 2024 as part of joint U.S.-Philippines military drills. The Philippines promised that the deployment would be "temporary," and that the system would be withdrawn following the conclusion of the military exercises....
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.
Thousands of US and Filipino marines launched 10 days of joint exercises in the northern and western Philippines on Tuesday, a day after China held huge
This past weekend, Batan hosted exercises where Philippine and US troops defended against an aggressor, part of the allies’largest joint drillin more than 30 years as they seek to strengthen military ties in the face of an increasingly assertive China. The island has long been a backwater whe...