Around 12,200 US soldiers will arrive in the Philippines in what could be the biggest war games yet between the two allies amid renewed tension in the Taiwan Strait and the continuing Chinese military island-building activities in the SCS. Know more:
Around 12,200 US soldiers will arrive in the Philippines starting Tuesday in what could be the biggest war games yet between the two allies amid renewed tension in the Taiwan Strait and the continuing Chinese military island-building activities in the South China Sea .
U.S. and Philippine Marines and Sailors conduct a bilateral amphibious landing during Balikatan 22, Claveria, Philippines, March 31, 202 | U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Madison Santamaria Live fire event will be conducted off San Antonio, Zambales, near the Philippine Navy’s Naval Education and Training Command. The naval station used to be a communications facility of the US military inside the former US naval base in Subic.
Balikatan 2022 in Claveria, Cagayan. Philippine Marines secure a beach landing after inserting from an UH-60 Blackhawk during a bilateral amphibious landing during Balikatan 22 at Claveria, Philippines, March 31, 2022. | Photo by U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melanye MartinezBrooke’s Point is around 200 to 300 kilometers away from contested islands in Spratlys in the WPS where China has occupied and built artificial islands from reefs and shoals.
AFP and US 7th Fleet soldiers will also hold maritime domain awareness exercises off the coast of Antique up to Palawan.Aside from live fire training, maritime domain awareness, soldiers will also undertake drills on urban and aviation operations, cyber defense, counterterrorism, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness.
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