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Japan and Philippines to Start Talks on 2 Defense Pacts in the Face of China's Growing Aggression Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said that his country and the Philippines would start talks on two proposed defense...
US Forces Deploy Anti-Ship Missiles in Philippines and Stage Live-Fire Drills Near China Hotspots About 9,000 American and 5,000 Filipino military personnel took part in the combat maneuvers.
US General Says Allied Forces Can Repel Asia Aggression as Philippines Combat Drills Open Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces opened annual combat drills that are set to include repelling an island...
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Hegseth Tells Philippines the Trump Administration Will Ramp Up Deterrence Against China Threat The Philippines was the first stop in U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's first trip to Asia. He is due to travel next to...
Canada and Philippines Will Sign a Key Defense Pact to Boost Combat Drills and Military Ties Canada and the Philippines, both vocal critics of China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the disputed South China Sea...
Rescuers Find Philippine Fighter Jet's Wreckage and the Bodies of 2 Pilots Deployed to Fight Rebels Rescuers found the wreckage of a Philippine fighter jet and the bodies of its two pilots in a mountainous region in the...
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson Rock On: ‘Our Military Upbringing Helped Us in Many Ways’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have never served in any branch of the military. But the...
![decommissioned Philippine Navy BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19) takes on water before sinking](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-05/ApNewsroom_Philippines_US_Combat_Drills_25019.jpg?itok=Zgmp4jdL "In this handout photo, provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office (PAO), the decommissioned Philippine Navy BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19) takes on water before sinking while being positioned as vessel target prompting the cancellation of a live-fire drill as part of a joint US-Philippines military exercises called Balikatan or "shoulder to shoulder" approximately 30 nautical miles west of San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines on Monday, May 5, 2025. (Armed Forces of the Philippines PAO via AP)")
