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Australia, Japan, the Philippines and the United States demonstrated the power of their collective engagement with a Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA).
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“For the Armed Forces of the Philippines, in particular, this year’s Balikatan Exercise is most timely..." Gen. Andres Centino, AFP chief of staff.
Balikatan 23 finished last week, here are a few of our favorite pictures … who’s got next?
#Balikatan
#Balikatan2023
#Balikatan23
🇵🇭🤝🇺🇸 The friends of Exercise Balikatan 2023! Send a virtual high-five and share to your feed!
#Balikatan
, tagalog for ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’, is a long-standing bilateral exercise between the Philippines & U.S. highlighting the deep rooted
#partnership
between both countries!
China built hydropower dams on the
#MekongRiver
have affected Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and more. Resulting reduced river sediment could lead to consequences for the more than 60M people in who rely on the Mekong for income, from agriculture to fishing and aquaculture.
#PRC
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Soldiers and sailors from the Philippines and U.S. conduct the first-ever amphibious insert of a Patriot missile system in the Philippines during Balikatan 22, at Aparri, Philippines, March 28, 2022.
#Balikatan
#Philippines
#PatriotMissileSystem
The Philippines' Second Thomas Shoal outpost (known as Ayungin Shoal in the Philippines) has taken center stage in international media lately, with the People's Republic of China causing dramatic confrontations blocking Philippines forces from resupplying their marines.
"All three incidents demonstrate Beijing’s determination to control maritime activity within the nine-dash line, and to create a high risk of collisions at sea to do so."
"The results reveal significant divisions within the Indo-Pacific regarding China. Respondents from countries closer to the West in development and ideology tend to hold negative views of
#China
."
#PRC
#EU
#EuropeanUnion
#YearinReview
Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) participated in Exercise
#SOUTHERNJACKAROO22
, a tri-lateral infantry integration exercise featuring Marines and Sailors with MRF-D, ADF members, and JGSDF personnel from May 10 – May 31.
On Dec. 21 (China Standard Time), a PLAN J-11 fighter pilot performed an unsafe maneuver during an intercept of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft, which was lawfully conducting routine operations over the South China Sea in international airspace.
Service members and aircraft from the Indonesian and United States Air Forces are participating in bilateral tactical fighter exercise
#CopeWest
2023 at Roesmin Nurjadin
#AirForce
Base, Pekanbaru, Riau Province, from June 12 to 23.
#Indonesia
“I think over the past 20 years we’ve witnessed the largest military buildup since World War II by the PRC,” Aquilino told The AP. “They have advanced all their capabilities and that buildup of weaponization is destabilizing to the region.”
#PRC
From Balikatan in the Philippines, to Exercise Defender in Europe, to CENTAM Guardian in Central America, partners come together to demonstrate the power of interoperability and their commitment to a free, secure, stable world
#StrongandStrategic
#ReadyandPostured
#BetterTogether
Welcome to Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM’s issue on defense frontiers.
Throughout the region, allies and partners are investing in their lines of defense to enhance security.
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(3/3) “The United States is committed to working with its allies and partners to hold the perpetrators of these abhorrent acts [against the people of Burma] accountable,"
@SecBlinken
pledged.
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#HumanRightsReport
(3/3) “The United States is committed to working with its allies and partners to hold the perpetrators of these abhorrent acts [against the people of Burma] accountable,"
@SecBlinken
pledged.
FULL TRANSCRIPT:
#HumanRightsReport
"India has for the first time autonomously landed its reusable space plane prototype, marking a major milestone in the country's pursuit of low-cost access to space."
#India
#Space
#Launch
#SpacePlane
#Technology
The drones can fly 40 hours in all weather, have high-definition cameras that detect ships from 3,000 meters up, are equipped with radar and infrared, and have anti-submarine warfare strike options.
#Japan
#drone
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"A free and open Indo-Pacific is predicated upon the following of international rules and norms and laws, and I am happy to say the coast guard is complying with all international law and these are legal boardings."
Happy
#InternationalDayofHappiness
"
#Happiness
is a fundamental human goal. The UN General Assembly recognizes this goal and calls for “a more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth that promotes the happiness and well-being of all." (United Nations)
A year ago, Philippine and U.S. armed forces participated in Balikatan 22, an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades.
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) chopped into U.S. 7th Fleet on Dec. 16 and is now operating in the Western Pacific in the vicinity of Guam.
#FreeandOpenIndoPacific