Japan and Philippines Trying to Finish Defense Pact for Signing in Manila as Alarm Grows over China The Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila says top defense and foreign affairs officials of Japan and the Philippines will...
Philippines Says it Won't Back Down, But Won't Start a War, After Clash with Chinese Coast Guard The violent confrontation sparked condemnation and alarm from the U.S., the European Union, Japan, Australia and other...
Philippines Demands China Return Rifles and Pay for Boat Damage After Hostilities in Disputed Sea The Philippine military chief demanded that China return several rifles and equipment seized by the Chinese coast guard in a...
US Renews Warning It's Obligated to Defend the Philippines After Its New Clash with China at Sea The United States renewed a warning that it’s obligated to defend its close treaty ally a day after Filipino navy personnel...
China Blames Philippines for Ship Collision in South China Sea. Manila Calls the Report Deceptive A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, China’s...
Pentagon Stands by Secret Anti-Vaccination Disinformation Campaign in Philippines After Reuters Report The U.S. military launched the disinformation campaign following a decision by then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper to loosen...
US and Filipino Forces End Drills that Tested Their Endurance in Brutal Heat and Volatile Weather U.S. and Philippine generals say that hundreds of American and Filipino troops have concluded a newly introduced war exercise...
Chinese Defense Minister Accuses US of Causing Friction with Its Support for Taiwan and Philippines China's defense minister acknowledged the importance of newly renewed military-to-military communications with the United...
Philippines Says It Will Forge Security Alliances and Stage Combat Drills Despite China's Opposition The Philippines will continue to build security alliances and stage joint combat drills in disputed waters to defend its...
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...
