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US Commander Says China Has Failed to Coerce Rival States in South China Sea Adm. Stephen Koehler, who oversees the largest naval fleet command in the world, gave assurances Friday in a Manila forum of...
Chinese Ship Runs Aground Off Philippines-Occupied Island in the Disputed South China Sea A Chinese ship ran aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South China...
US and Philippine Forces Cancel Ship-Sinking Drill After World War II-Era Target Prematurely Sinks A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces...
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...
US and Philippine Joint Combat Drills Show Trump Is Not Scaling Back on South China Sea Region A senior Philippine military official said U.S. and Filipino forces will undertake battle-readiness exercises, including live...
Guardsmen Patrolling DC Will Soon Be Armed, Pentagon Says Guardsmen have mostly been patrolling tourist areas not known for high crime rates, such as the National Mall and a transit...
Air Force Top Enlisted Leader Says Service Oath Isn't Made to 'Any Individual' Amid General's Retirement Chief Master Sgt. David Flosi's message to the force seemingly sought to calm the rank and file as the Pentagon goes through...
Veterans Stole over $150K from Air Force Base’s Sports Program in Florida, Feds Say Keith Pilawski, 63, and Edwin Ortiz, 58, defrauded the sports program from 2009 until 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for...
Why Is the Army Chopping Away at Its Chopper Fleet? The cuts are part of a larger reorganization as the Army prepares for the changing landscape of warfare with one of the...
Hegseth Fires General Whose Agency's Intel Assessment of Damage from Iran Strikes Angered Trump Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, according to the people, who...
![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)")
