20 May 2025 Philippine, U.S., Australian forces conduct combined training on Palawan PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), Australian Army Soldiers with the 5th/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5/7 RAR), Australian Defence Force (ADF), and...
14 May 2025 From the Top End to the Philippines: MRF-D 25.3 bolsters U.S.-Philippine alliance PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — From the northern coast of Australia to the southern edge of the Philippine archipelago, U.S. Marines with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) spent the last month executing rapid maneuver, joint and combined...
09 May 2025 Philippines, U.S. conclude Exercise Balikatan 25 CAMP AGUINALDO, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) hosted the closing ceremony of Exercise Balikatan 25 today, marking the successful completion of the largest annual combined military exercise between the Philippines and the United States...
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...