MANILA – New military sites designated under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and the Philippines allowed forces during the bilateral Balikatan exercise to test their ...

More than 16,000 troops will take part in the U.S.'s largest military exercise with the Philippines as tensions simmer between the U.S. ally and neighboring China. The 39th edition of Balikatan ...

Washington announced last month that their annual Balikatan exercise with the Philippines would be their largest ever - involving more than 17,000 troops, including 12,000 from the US. The two ...

This year’s Balikatan exercises focus on territorial defense in two of the most sensitive fault lines in the China-U.S. rivalry: the disputed South China Sea and the Bashi Channel. The exercises ...

Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center training in Alaska Exercise Cobra Gold in Thailand Exercises Balikatan and ...

The year 2024 is one for the books in terms of the Philippines' push to improve its defense capabilities, protect territorial ...

U.S. Army soldiers take part in the Balikatan 2024 exercise in the Philippines. (Spc. Benjamin Anderson/U.S. Army) MANILA, Philippines — The U.S. and the Philippines finished an agreement on how ...

A lawmaker on Thursday urged the government to consider Surigao del Norte province as the site for a new naval facility under ...

The Philippines has outlined an intention to procure Lockheed Martin's Mid-Range Capability (MRC) weapon system, also known ...

OCTA survey: 82% willing to join Army vs. foreign aggressions At least 8 in 10 Filipinos said they are ready and willing to ...

Credit goes to the United States’ F-35 using a laser-guided bomb unit,” Colonel Michael Logico, spokesman for Exercise Balikatan, told The Straits Times. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos ...