As many as 17,000 personnel are expected to take part in the annual "Balikatan", or "shoulder to shoulder" drills ... Washington gives US forces access to nine bases in the Philippines.

Philippines, US Launch Joint Combat Drills in 'Full Battle Test' By Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) -More than 14,000 Filipino and American soldiers kicked off annual military exercises on Monday ...

Philippines ... Washington gives US forces access to nine bases in the country. Two of those are located in Luzon's northernmost Cagayan province, which will host live-fire drills during Balikatan ...

Philippines – Soldiers from the Philippine and the US armies began three weeks of joint military exercises on Monday, March 24, with drills focused on territorial defense and commanding large ...

Philippine Air Force commander Arthur Cordura said at a ceremony to launch the drills. Military ties between the Philippines and US have deepened since the 2022 election of President Ferdinand ...

At such a critical moment in US ... Philippines, facing the regional flashpoints of the South China Sea and Taiwan. Brigadier General Michael Logico, of the Philippine army, said the drills ...

Coast Guard vessels of the Philippines and the United States have taken part for the first time in joint maritime exercises with naval and air force units in the contested South China Sea, Manila's ...

Philippines, US Begin Joint Maritime Drills After Chinese Carrier Group Spotted MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine Navy said a Chinese aircraft carrier battle group had passed near its northern ...

exposing the fault lines of US-Philippines collaboration and its ramifications for the Indo-Pacific. Far from a benign demonstration of alliance solidarity, these drills—through their scale ...

FILE - Filipino and U.S. soldiers participate during a joint military drill called Salaknib at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines on March 31 ... "Balikatan," or "shoulder to ...

The annual “Balikatan” (shoulder-to-shoulder) exercises will run for three weeks until May 9, showcasing an array of US weapons ... director for the Philippines, said the drills were not ...

The Philippine and US militaries on Monday kicked off three weeks of joint exercises that will simulate a "full-scale battle scenario", as the two all ...