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UNITED States and Philippine troops sustained their joint training by firing the Javelin weapon system in Central Luzon as defense leaders from both countries met for a second day in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. Troops, including from the Philippine Army, Philippine Marines and US Army Pacific, held a live-firing exercise…

The United States and the Philippines launched the start of Balikatan 22, an annual joint military exercise, last Monday. This is the 37th iteration of

(Photo courtesy of AFP) MANILA - Around 251 military personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Indo-Pacific Command conducted free-falling exercises over Barangay Mapalad in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija last March 28 and 29. In a statement Wednesday, AFP public affairs office chief, Col. Jorry Baclor, said the participants are from major units of the Special Operation Forces (SOF) of the two nations and are "Military Free Faller and Airborne" qualified. ...

The ongoing Balikatan military exercise involving Filipino and American troops was treated to an air show after 251 special operations forces parachutists conducted a friendship jump. The jump, part of the combined interoperability activities, was executed by military free faller and airborne-qualified troops from special operations forces both from the…