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Forward Deployed U.S. Marine Task Force Begin Drills with Indonesia

Forward Deployed U.S. Marine Task Force Begin Drills with Indonesia

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force and Indonesian marines with 4th Marine Infantry Brigade, Pasmar 1, participate in the Keris Marine Exercise opening ceremony at Piabung Training Area in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia, Nov. 23, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

After training in the Philippines since October, a forward-positioned Marine Corps task force kicked off another exercise in Indonesia last week. Read More

Pacific Partnership 2023 Humanitarian Mission Expanding in the Western Pacific

Pacific Partnership 2023 Humanitarian Mission Expanding in the Western Pacific

Staff Sgt. Gary Likiak approaches the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19), via boat, prior to its departure from Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, after the Pacific Partnership 2024-1 on Nov. 14, 2023. US Army Photo

Territorial tensions in the South China Sea, as well as strategic competition between the United States and China in the western Pacific, are the tableau against which the U.S. Navy has been conducting its ongoing humanitarian mission, Pacific Partnership 2023. Read More

Stocked with Eyeglasses and Excitement, Hospital Ship USNS Mercy Begins Pacific Partnership Deployment

Stocked with Eyeglasses and Excitement, Hospital Ship USNS Mercy Begins Pacific Partnership Deployment

The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) gets underway in support of Pacific Partnership 2024-1 from Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 10, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo

Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) left its San Diego, Calif., berth this week on a mission to Oceania, where embarked medical and engineering personnel will join U.S. partners in the region for humanitarian assistance and civic projects, and spread a bit of goodwill. Read More

3 Dead After Fishing Boat Rammed Near Scarborough Shoal, Philippine Coast Guard Says

3 Dead After Fishing Boat Rammed Near Scarborough Shoal, Philippine Coast Guard Says

Images of a Filippino fisherman brought to shore after their boat was allegedly rammed off the coast of Scarborough Shoal on Oct. 2. Philippine Government Photo

Three fishermen are dead after their boat was rammed by an unidentified vessel near the contested Scarborough Shoal off the coast of the Phillippines, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. Read More

INDOPACOM CO Tours EDCA Sites in Visit to the Philippines

INDOPACOM CO Tours EDCA Sites in Visit to the Philippines

General Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the AFP, and Admiral John Aquilino, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, lauded the progress of projects under EDCA during their visit to Cagayan on Sept. 13, 2023. Armed Forces of Philippines Photo

The head of the U.S. military in the Pacific toured sites American forces could access in wartime and held high-level defense talks in the Philippines last week. Read More

U.S., Philippines Forces Training in Tandem As Countries' Alliance Expands

U.S., Philippines Forces Training in Tandem As Countries’ Alliance Expands

Marine Corps Sgt. Samuel Whitty, a radio operator with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, showcases 3d MLR’s communication assets to Philippine Marines with Battalion Landing Team 10 during Marine Aviation Support Activity 23 at Naval Base Camilo Osias, July 15, 2023. US Marin Corps Photo

U.S. forces are back in the Philippines for another round of joint exercises with their Filipino counterparts as Washington and Manilla expand cooperation. Read More

Philippine Congress Set to Approve Expanded U.S. Base Deal as China Expands Claims, Ambassador Says

Philippine Congress Set to Approve Expanded U.S. Base Deal as China Expands Claims, Ambassador Says

Philippine Sailors assigned to Naval Special Operations Units and U.S. Naval Special Warfare operators perform a bilateral over the beach training exercise in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines during Balikatan 23, April 26, 2023. US Navy Photo

China’s persistent expansion into the South China Sea is the most concerning security concern for the Philippines as its congress is set to approve an expanded basing deal with the U.S., Manila’s ambassador to Washington said on Thursday.
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