Sleepy Far-Flung Towns in the Philippines Will Host US Forces Returning to Counter China Threats The far-flung coastal town of Santa Ana in the northeastern tip of the Philippine mainland has long been known by tourists...
War Games Risk Stirring Up Troubled Waters as Philippines - Emboldened by US - Squares Up to Beijing at Sea U.S. Marines joined Filipino counterparts on May 5, 2024, for a mock battle at a telling location: a small, remote territory...
US and Philippine Forces Sink a Ship During Large-Scale Drills in the Disputed South China Sea The drills are the latest indication of how the United States and the Philippines have bolstered a defense treaty alliance...
Marines' New Amphibious Combat Vehicle Makes Operational Debut in Annual Philippines Exercise The deployment of the vehicle occurred during Exercise Balikatan '24, which involved U.S. training with the Philippine...
US and Philippine Forces Stage Combat Drills near Strategic Channel Off Southern Taiwan U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts darted out of Black Hawk helicopters during combat drills in the Philippines’...
China Publicizes for the First Time What It Claims is a 2016 Agreement with Philippines The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the world's trade passes and...
Chinese Coast Guard Fires Water Cannons at Philippine Vessels in the Latest South China Sea Incident There were no immediate reports of injuries in the incident off Scarborough Shoal, one of two hotly disputed areas where...
US and Philippine Forces Launch Combat Drills in the Disputed South China Sea American and Filipino forces launched their largest combat exercises in years Monday in a show of allied firepower near the...
The Philippine President Says He Won't Give US Access to More Local Military Bases The Philippine president says his administration has no plan to give the U.S. military access to more Philippine army sites
US and Philippines Step up Strategic Partnership as China Threats Loom in South China Sea Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and national security adviser Jake Sullivan hosted their...
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...
![opening ceremonies of the "Balikatan" or Shoulder-to-Shoulder at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon City](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-04/ApNewsroom_Philippines_US_Military_01543.jpg?itok=2XUb-q_2 "Philippines' military Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., center left, and US Embassy Chargé d' Affaires, Robert Ewing, center right, arrive during the opening ceremonies of the "Balikatan" or Shoulder-to-Shoulder at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon City, Philippines on Monday April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)")
