Two EDCA Sites as staging areas for Tubbataha Reef Search and Rescue effort

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CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City - Two sites of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) were used as staging areas to help in the search and rescue (SAR) operations for missing divers in Tubbataha Reef.
 
Three U.S. air assets stationed in Antonio Bautista Air Base, Puerto Princesa and Benito Ebuen Air Base in Mactan, Cebu are being utilized to help in the ongoing mission to find four (4) missing Filipino divers after their boat sunk in Tubbataha on April 30.

SEND-OFF CEREMONY | PBBM to Washington

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PH-US-JP TRILATERAL ENGAGEMENT

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General Andres Centino, the AFP Chief of Staff; Admiral John Aquilino, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command; and General Yoshihide Yoshida, Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff, Japan Self-Defense Force committed to promote trilateral military cooperation during their video teleconference meeting on April 28.
 
The conference was held to affirm the PH-US-Japan partnership in advancing a rules-based international order and realizing peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The PH and US generals also welcomed General Yoshida who was just recently appointed to his present position.
 
The three generals also touted the shared democratic values that underline their collaboration and agreed to increase strategic engagements in the future. (Photo by PFC Carmelotes/JSDF)

Shoulder-to-shoulder, Philippines and United States conclude largest Balikatan exercise

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CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines hosted the closing ceremony of Exercise Balikatan 2023 here today, marking the successful conclusion of the largest combined-joint military exercise between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America.

Over the last three weeks, more than 17,600 total combined troops from the AFP and the U.S. military, joined by approximately 100 members of the Australian Defence Force, trained shoulder-to-shoulder at locations throughout the Philippines in order to increase proficiency in maritime security, amphibious operations, live-fire training, urban operations, aviation operations, counterterrorism operations, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Balikatan Exercise 38-23 Turnover Community Project in Baler, Aurora

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Camp Aquino, Tarlac City, April 27, 2023 - Combined troops of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States Armed Forces constructed and completed a community health care facility in Barangay Suklayin, Baler Aurora, as part of the Engineering Civic Action Project (ENCAP) of Balikatan 38–23.
 
After twenty-five days of construction, with the cooperation and team work of the construction team from the 355th Aviation Engineer Wing, Philippine Air Force, and the 9th Engineer Support Battalion of the US Marines, the Community Health Center of barangay Suklayin, Baler Aurora, was formally turned over to the residents in a dedication ceremony held on the project site on April 26, 2023.

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