US Army exports multinational combat training center to Philippines
The Army is taking a full-scale exportable Joint Pacific Multinational Training Center west of the International Date Line for the first time.
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The Army is taking a full-scale exportable Joint Pacific Multinational Training Center west of the International Date Line for the first time.
Lal-lo Airport is one of nine facilities in the Philippines approved for use by U.S. troops, but it has seen little investment and few improvements recently. Even so, U.S. and Philippine forces are making the best of the situation at the spartan airport during this year’s annual Balikatan exercise.
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