The 2+2 meeting of defense and foreign ministers coincided with the opening of the largest-ever iteration of the annual Balikatan military exercise. This is the first such meeting to take place ...

MANILA, Philippines — Commandos from the elite Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will join the Balikatan military exercises with the US, which begin tomorrow.

for the Mutual Defense Board-Security Engagement Board (MDB-SEB) to tackle the direction of military engagement between both ...

The Typhon missile system was deployed by US forces to the Philippines in April last year as part of their Balikatan or “shoulder-to-shoulder” military exercises, and has since stayed in the ...

File photo: Philippine Marines maneuver their amphibious assault vehicle at a Balikatan military exercise on the beaches of Claveria, Cagayan, March 31, 2022. RP-US Exercise Balikatan and other ...