How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Sleepy Far-Flung Towns in the Philippines Will Host US Forces Returning to Counter China Threats The far-flung coastal town of Santa Ana in the northeastern tip of the Philippine mainland has long been known by tourists...
War Games Risk Stirring Up Troubled Waters as Philippines - Emboldened by US - Squares Up to Beijing at Sea U.S. Marines joined Filipino counterparts on May 5, 2024, for a mock battle at a telling location: a small, remote territory...
US and Philippine Forces Sink a Ship During Large-Scale Drills in the Disputed South China Sea The drills are the latest indication of how the United States and the Philippines have bolstered a defense treaty alliance...
Marines' New Amphibious Combat Vehicle Makes Operational Debut in Annual Philippines Exercise The deployment of the vehicle occurred during Exercise Balikatan '24, which involved U.S. training with the Philippine...
US and Philippine Forces Stage Combat Drills near Strategic Channel Off Southern Taiwan U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts darted out of Black Hawk helicopters during combat drills in the Philippines’...
China Publicizes for the First Time What It Claims is a 2016 Agreement with Philippines The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the world's trade passes and...
Chinese Coast Guard Fires Water Cannons at Philippine Vessels in the Latest South China Sea Incident There were no immediate reports of injuries in the incident off Scarborough Shoal, one of two hotly disputed areas where...
US and Philippine Forces Launch Combat Drills in the Disputed South China Sea American and Filipino forces launched their largest combat exercises in years Monday in a show of allied firepower near the...
The Philippine President Says He Won't Give US Access to More Local Military Bases The Philippine president says his administration has no plan to give the U.S. military access to more Philippine army sites
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...