The Filipinos have a reason to celebrate today. Our rotation and reprovisioning (RORE) mission was successfully conducted and the resupply boats and the PCG vessels escorting them are on their way back to their station in Palawan. Let us all pray for their safe voyage back.

The AFP leadership commends its courageous and dedicated personnel aboard the two resupply boats who executed the operation with precision. General Romeo S Brawner Jr, the Chief of Staff, AFP expresses his deep appreciation to the assistance provided by the Philippine Coast Guard to secure the two resupply boats. He also recognizes the great efforts spearheaded by the Western Command, AFP for the proper planning, coordination and execution of the RORE mission.

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City--LtGen Greg Bilton, Chief of Joint Operations of the Australian Defence Forces, extended an invitation for the Armed Forces of the Philippines to participate in the Exercise Talisman Sabre in 2025 during his visit to the AFP General Headquarters on August 2022 here.

In his meeting with LtGen Charlton Sean Gaerlan, The Deputy Chief of Staff AFP (TDCSAFP), the two discussed the possibility of the AFP joining the biennial exercise with Australia and the United States in order to achieve the common training goals with other like-minded partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City—General Romeo Brawner Jr, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP), met with United States generals and flag officers comprising its US CAPSTONE Pacific 23-4 program and discussed about the vital role of the AFP in the Indo-Pacific Region during their courtesy visit to the AFP General Headquarters here on July 28.

“The interaction was vital in giving the delegates first-hand insights to national defense and security objectives of the AFP and its position in the promotion of a free and open Indo-Pacific region,” said LtCol Enrico Gil C Ileto, Chief of the AFP Public Affairs Office.