Combat exercises between the U.S. and the Philippines will remain unaffected by America's current focus on conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, Maj. Gen. Marcus Evans confirmed.

The 38th annual joint U.S.-Philippines military exercises will be the largest ever, nearly doubling the amount of personnel that participated in last year's event. Roughly 12,000 U.S. troops ...

The exercise, watched live by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, was part of the annual Balikatan drills, which are scheduled to run until April 28 and involve more than 17,600 military ...

Item 1 of 5 General view during the opening ceremony of the annual Philippines-U.S. joint military exercises or Balikatan, at the Armed Forces of the Philippines headquarters, in Quezon City ...

The large-scale U.S.-Philippine exercises reflect how outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte has walked back on his earlier threat to restrict U.S. military activities in the Philippines.

Item 1 of 4 Philippine and U.S. soldiers salute while national anthems are being played, during the opening ceremony of Balikatan joint military exercise, at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro ...

A senior Philippine military official said U.S. and Filipino forces will undertake battle-readiness exercises, including live-fire drills, in a largescale deployment that shows the Trump ...

U.S.-Philippine military exercises are longstanding, "purely defensive" and intended to maintain force readiness and preserve regional security, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Saturday.

Annual joint military exercises by the United States and the Philippines got underway Tuesday with the alliance between the two countries increasingly in doubt. U.S. military leaders touted a ...

MANILA, Philippines — A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces accidentally sank Monday hours before the mock ...

U.S. and Philippine forces engage in about 300 activities each year, including the Balikatan, or shoulder-to-shoulder, exercises, which involve thousands of troops in land, sea and air drills that ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says this will be the last year of the annual joint military exercises between the allies, but his officials say that's not a final decision.