Tag: Balikatan

• Decommissioned WW2 corvette to be sunk during ‘Balikatan’ 2025

  

  MANILA – The decommissioned World War II corvette, BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19), will be targeted and sunk in this year’s “Balikatan” exercise. In a information kit provided to reporters Monday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the decommissioned Navy ship will be the target of the “MARSTRIKE” (Maritime Strike) event of the annual…

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  April 22, 2025

  military, News

  “MARSTRIKE” (Maritime Strike), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Balikatan, BRP Miguel Malvar, Naval Education Training Command, San Antonio, zambales

• ‘Balikatan’ intensifies AFP capabilities to defend territory

  

  MANILA – This year’s “Balikatan” military exercises with the US forces will showcase the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) capabilities as it shifts towards the so-called “Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept” (CADC) or the strategy that aims to defend the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). “This ‘Balikatan’ will be a showcase of our capabilities in…

  pahayaganzambales

  April 5, 2024

  military

  Archipelagic Defense Concept” (CADC), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Balikatan, Department of National Defense (DND), exclusive economic zone (EEZ)

• Beach landing

  

  United States Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) or hovercrafts maneuver at Moonbay beach area in Subic Bay Freeport on Wednesday, April 12 as troops and military vehicles are ferried from the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) anchored in Subic Bay. Filipino and American forces launched the biggest war exercise called Balikatan that…

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  April 12, 2023

  military, News

  Balikatan, Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), South China Sea, United States Navy, USS Makin Island (LHD-8)