U.S. and Philippine military personnel inaugurated a U.S. funded peacekeeping operations training facility in Tarlac on Thursday, December 12. The center will provide training and administrative services to AFP personnel participating in peacekeeping operations, in support of the Philippines’ international commitments. (Photos courtesy of the Armed Forces of the Philippines) Manila, December 13, 2019 — ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 13 December, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: #FriendsPartnersAllies, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Global Peace Operations Initiative, U.S. Armed Forces, United Nations
Manila, November 12, 2019 — U.S. and Philippine military personnel, local government representatives, non-governmental organizations, and local residents partnered together for a second time to install artificial habitat reefs in Maragondon, Cavite, on October 8, 2019. A total of 60 jackstone-type artificial habitat reefs were installed off the coast. In August, the group also installed ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 12 November, 2019 | Topics: Environment, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: Philippine Air Force, Philippine Army, Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine National Police, Philippine Navy, U.S. Armed Forces
Pampanga, January 30, 2019 — U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim and Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana cut the ribbon on the first major project under the
Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) at Cesar Basa Air Base, Pampanga, on January 29. The ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the completion of construction on a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief warehouse, which will ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 30 January, 2019 | Topics: Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: #FriendsPartnersAllies, Armed Forces of the Philippines, EDCA, Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim, U.S. Armed Forces
Manila, November 13, 2018 — General Robert Brown, Commander of U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), visited the Philippines from November 10 to 13, emphasizing the importance of the U.S.-Philippine alliance to the Indo-Pacific region. While in the Philippines, Gen. Brown attended a U.S. and Philippine Veterans Day ceremony at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 13 November, 2018 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: #FriendsPartnersAllies, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Indo-Pacific, U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Army Pacific, Veterans Day
From left, Armed Forces of the Philippines Lt. Gen. Emmanuel B. Salamat, commander, AFP Northern Luzon Command; Undersecretary Cardozo M. Luna, Philippine Undersecretary of National Defense; Mr. Michael S. Klecheski, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires; AFP Gen. Carlito G. Galvez Jr., chief of staff, AFP and U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Thomas D. Weidley, commanding general, 1st ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 18 May, 2018 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: #FriendsPartnersAllies, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Balikatan, Balikatan 34-2018, U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps
Manila, May 19, 2017 — After 12 training days in the Philippine summer heat, thousands of service members from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military finished this year’s rigorous Balikatan training exercise and now stand more prepared to respond to terror threats and natural disasters in the region. Philippine and U.S. forces ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 19 May, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: Armed Forces of the Philippines, Balikatan, Balikatan 33-2017, counterterrorism, disaster relief operations, humanitarian assistance, U.S. Armed Forces
From left: Lieutenant General Oscar T. Lactao, U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim, Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana, Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ariel Y. Abadilla, General Eduardo M. Año, and Lieutenant General Lawrence Nicholson pose shoulder-to-shoulder at the opening ceremony for Balikatan 33 at Camp Aguinaldo Manila, May 9, 2017 — U.S. Ambassador Sung ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 9 May, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: Armed Forces of the Philippines, Balikatan, Balikatan 33-2017, counterterrorism, disaster relief operations, humanitarian assistance, Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim, U.S. Armed Forces
Manila, April 24, 2017 — The Government of the Philippines has invited U.S. forces to train alongside the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the 33rd iteration of Balikatan, May 8 to 19, at multiple locations in Luzon and the Visayas region. Philippine and U.S. forces will kick off Exercise Balikatan 33-2017 through community ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 24 April, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Armed Forces of the Philippines, Balikatan, disaster relief operations, humanitarian assistance, Luzon, U.S. Armed Forces, Visayas
