08 May 2025 Balikatan 25: Strengthening Cyber Security Ties with the Philippines CAMP AGUINALDO, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military recently participated in the Cyber Defense Exercise in support of Exercise Balikatan 25 from April 21 to May 9, at Camp Aguinaldo, Philippines...
01 May 2025 U.S. Army conducts live-fire test of High-Powered Microwave for exercise Balikatan 2025 SAN ANTONIO, Zambales, Philippines - The 1st Multi-Domain Task Force (1MDTF) conducted tests of their Integrated Fires Protection Capability High-Powered Microwave (IFPC-HPM) and Fixed Site-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aerial System Integrated Defeat System (FS-LIDS) in a combined joint integrated air...
29 April 2025 Australia, Philippines, and U.S. Conduct Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone — The combined armed and defense forces of Australia, the Philippines, and the United States, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, conducted a multilateral Maritime...
29 April 2025 Balikatan 25 | 3d MLR Participates in Integrated Air and Missile Defense NAVAL STATION LEOVIGILDO GANTIOQUI, Philippines — U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, alongside Philippine Airmen with 960th Air and Missile Defense Group, concluded one of six Combined Joint All-Domain Operations (CJADO) events during Exercise Balikatan...
28 April 2025 U.S. Marine Corps, joint force deploy NMESIS to Batanes for Exercise Balikatan 2025 BASCO, Batanes, Philippines – U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment deployed the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) for the first time during Exercise Balikatan 2025 on Batan Island, April 26...
25 April 2025 Consular Corps of Hawaii Visit U.S. Indo-Pacific Command HONOLULU, Hawaii — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomed the Consular Corps of Hawaii to connect with leadership at USINDOPACOM headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 22, 2025...
22 April 2025 Combined Strength and Shared Commitment: MRF-D 25.3 concludes MAREX 25 CAMP IRANUM, Mindanao, Philippines – U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, concluded a two-week bilateral exercise alongside the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during Marine Exercise (MAREX) 25, held from March 31 to April 11 in Mindanao...
22 April 2025 MRF-D 25.3 surges forward for Balikatan PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines – Following the successful completion of Marine Exercise 2025 in Mindanao, the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) seamlessly repositioned it’s ground combat element (GCE) forces from Mindanao to Palawan, Philippines, as a...
15 April 2025 Philippine and U.S. Soldiers Enhance Interoperability in Jungle Tracking Course CAMP TECSON, Philippines — Philippine Army soldiers assigned to the First Scout Regiment and U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), 25th Infantry Division conducted a jungle tracking course on April 9, 2025, in support of...
08 April 2025 Postured and Ready: MRF-D 25.3 deploys across the Pacific DARWIN, Australia — Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 has commenced its 14th iteration, projecting its operational reach well beyond northern Australia. While most of the force has successfully closed in Darwin, a portion of the ground combat element deployed directly from Camp...