Manila, March 13, 2019 — U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Manila today for the ship’s first port visit to the Philippines since 2016. The Blue Ridge and 7th Fleet team have longstanding ties with the Philippines and this port visit offers opportunities to reconnect ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 13 March, 2019 | Topics:
Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. and Manila
| Tags: Indo-Pacific, Philippine Navy, U.S. 7th Fleet, USS Blue Ridge
U.S. and Philippines Strengthen Alliance with Maritime Training Activity 2018 Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific U.S. Navy San Fernando City, PHILIPPINES (NNS) – The U.S. and Philippines Navies kicked off Maritime Training Activity (MTA) Sama Sama at Naval Station Ernesto Ogbinar in San Fernando City, Philippines, July 9. The week-long engagement focuses on the full ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 9 July, 2018 | Topics:
Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines
| Tags: #FriendsPartnersAllies, Maritime Training Activity Sama Sama, Philippine Navy, U.S. Navy
Members of the Philippine Navy and Marine Corps receive, inventory, (L), and watch a demonstration of wear and use, (R), of a delivery of 1,000 M40 field protective masks from the Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at Marine Barracks Rudiardo Brown, Taguig, Philippines. This delivery is one ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 2 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
| Tags: Armed Forces of the Philippines, JUSMAG, Mutual Logistics Support Agreement, Philippine Navy
Top left: Sailors assigned to littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) drive an 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat to Philippine Navy ship Ramon Alcaraz (FF 16) for personnel transfer. The U.S. and Philippine navies are conducting a coordinated counter-piracy patrol to protect maritime commerce and enhance maritime security in the region by enhancing both navies’ ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 1 July, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases
| Tags: BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF 16), Philippine Navy, U.S. Navy, USS Coronado (LCS 4)
Manila, June 19, 2017 — The U.S. and Philippine navies will participate in the Maritime Training Activity Sama Sama June 19-25 in the vicinity of Cebu. Maritime Training Activity Sama Sama is designed to enhance the complexity and diversity of training opportunities, while strengthening the longstanding alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 19 June, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines
| Tags: Cebu, Maritime Training Activity Sama Sama, Philippine Navy, U.S. Navy
Tawi-Tawi, May 11, 2017 — During a visit to Tawi-Tawi yesterday, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Michael S. Klecheski handed over a Law Enforcement and Community Medical Facility to the Philippine National Police Maritime Group (PNP MG), the Philippine Navy, and the Philippine Marines in support of the shared U.S.-Philippine goal to strengthen maritime public ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 11 May, 2017 | Topics:
Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Michael Klecheski, Philippine Marines, Philippine National Police Maritime Group (PNP MG), Philippine Navy, Tawi-Tawi
Manila, December 9, 2016 — The BRP Andres Bonifacio (FF-17) arrived in the Republic of the Philippines, December 8. The ship, a former United States Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter, is expected to bolster the Philippine Navy’s Fleet, providing increased maritime presence throughout the Philippines’ territorial waters and its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). U.S. Coast ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 9 December, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
| Tags: Boutwell, BRP Andres Bonifacio, Excess Defense Articles (EDA) program, Philippine Navy, United States Coast Guard
