Tag: exercise_balikatan
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U.S. and Philippines Bolster Defense Ties, Sign New Security Agreement
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Philippine Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. reaffirmed defense ties, signing a new 15-year information-sharing agreement and announcing a U.S. Coast Guard cutter donation to bolster regional security and deterrence in the South China Sea.
Politics and GovernmentWorldGeneral PoliticsFederal GovernmentMilitaryAsia U.S.-Philippine RelationsMutual Defense TreatyIndo-PacificSouth China SeaMilitary CooperationCISMOAExercise BALIKATANU.S. Department of War