Manila, Philippines—Thousands of US and Filipino marines launched 10 days of joint exercises in the northern and western Philippines on Tuesday, a
Philippine Marine Corps and exercise director Brigadier General Vicente Blanco, Philippine Marine Corps commandant Major-General Arturo Rojas, US Marines exercise representative Colonel Stuart Glenn, and Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force Major-General Hajime Kitajima pose during a press conference after the opening ceremony of the Kamandag 2024 joint military exercise at the Philippine Marines officers club at Fort Bonifacio in Manila on October 15, 2024.
The joint US-Filipino exercises come amid a series of escalating confrontations between China and the Philippines over reefs and waters in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost in its entirety. “It’s a coastal defense doctrine. The doctrine says that a would-be aggressor might be directed towards our territory,” Filipino exercise director Brigadier-General Vicente Blanco told reporters.US Marines representative Colonel Stuart Glenn said the exercises were aimed at helping the United States and its allies respond to “any crisis or contingencies.”
An amphibious landing and training on how to defend against chemical and biological warfare were also among the activities planned, according to a press kit.
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