Balikatan” means, literally, standing shoulder to shoulder. The annual bilateral defense drill has long symbolized the enduring alliance between the Philippines and the United States. This year’s ...

Liu Jinsong, the head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Department of Asian Affairs, on Thursday summoned Jaime FlorCruz, ...

Systems currently in the Philippines could menace China's navy and threaten its southeast coast in a hypothetical conflict ...

Philippine and US forces concluded yesterday their joint drills at sea under the Balikatan exercises, which featured joint ...

After six days of complex and coordinated naval operations, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States ...

According to the joint information bureau for Balikatan 2025, NMESIS is a 'land-based missile system designed to target and ...

PALAWAN, Philippines – U.S., Filipino and Australian troops dug into beach dunes and unleashed a barrage of firepower – ...

Troops from the Philippines, United States of America, and Australia conducted a counter-landing and live fire exercise in ...

SOLDIERS from the Armed Forces (AFP), the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the US Marine Corps (USMC) demonstrated their firepower during a counter-landing and live-fire exercise in Palawan on ...

FILIPINO, American and Australian soldiers participated in a large-scale counter-landing and live fire drills in Kampung Ulay ...

The Philippines, United States and Japan capped off on Tuesday, April 28, their six-day maritime exercise within Philippine waters — a multilateral drill that proceeded as planned despite the reported ...

A new military command will be formed this year to handle strategic operations aimed at enhancing deterrence against security ...