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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Nicholas Demas was admiring the jagged peaks of the Swiss Alps cutting through the clouds when the radio crackled to life.
Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) was used in a test fire in the Philippines during the two countries’ ...
In the jungles, plains and mountains of Luzon, the U.S. Army is experimenting with 3D-printed drones, missile launchers and ...
The United States Pacific Fleet on Thursday clarified that there was no Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System ...
The islands where the Balikatan air assault demonstration took place are just south of the 70-mile-wide Bashi Channel between the Philippines and Taiwan.
During the Balikatan exercise, the military will deploy for the first time a South Korean-manufactured ship-based missile system, called C-star, capable of reaching targets 90 miles away.
More than 12,000 U.S. troops from all four branches will join thousands of their Philippine counterparts next week as part of the annual Balikatan exercise in and around the island nation, the ...
Philippine navy Lt. Giovani Badidles poses on the airfield during a Balikatan drill at the former home of Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Jonathan Snyder/Stars and Stripes) ...
About 250 Philippine and U.S. infantrymen participated in a battalion field training exercise at the end of Balikatan 2014, at Fort Ramon Magsaysay, Philippines, May 14-15, 2014.
Hand-selected for Balikatan Exercise. It was no accident Garrucho was hand-selected to participate in the Balikatan exercise, making the relatively short flight to the Philippines from his home ...
Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise in its 35th iteration that focuses on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, ...
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has canceled Exercise Balikatan 2020 over concerns of the coronavirus spread. Balikatan is an annual military exercise between the Philippines and the U.S. in which ...