Video by Tech. Sgt. Jackie Sanders | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 07.21.2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosted Philippine President and MinDef for Bilateral Discussion.
Video by Cpl. Christian Tofteroo | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.24.2024
Service members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD) and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing participated in the Marine Aviation Support Activity 24, conducted in the Philippines June 3 through June 21, 2024. MASA is an annual Philippine - U.S. military exercise focused on mutual defense, strengthening relationships, and rehearsing emerging......
Video by Cpl. Joseph Helms | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 05.21.2024
U.S. Marines assigned to Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Philippine Marines assigned to Marine Battalion Landing Team 3 conduct a combined reconnaissance patrol during Archipelagic Costal Defense Continuum at San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines, May 21, 2024. ACDC is a series of bilateral exchanges and training opportunities between U.S. Marines and......
Video by Sgt. Tristan Moore | Exercise Balikatan | 04.26.2023
U.S. Army soldiers with the 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, enhance a range, during Balikatan 23 at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, April 22, 2023. Balikatan 2023 is the 38th iteration of the annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military. The exercise includes three weeks of training focused on......
Video by Sgt. Tristan Moore | Exercise Balikatan | 04.19.2023
U.S. Army Soldiers with 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, construct a 300-meter range during Balikatan 23 at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, 12 April, 2023. Balikatan, Tagalog for “shoulder-to-shoulder,” is an bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military. The exercise provides unique opportunities for......
Video by Lance Cpl. Thalia Rivera | Exercise Balikatan | 04.12.2023
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Nicholas Weber, with Marine Air Control Squadron 4, discusses his role during Balikatan 23 at Naval Station Leovigildo Gantioqui, Philippines, April 12, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral inoperability, capabilities, trust and cooperation built over decades of shared......
