Balikatan exercises involve 1.5K Filipino and US troops 01/20/2012

Balikatan exercises involve 1.5K Filipino and US troops

01/20/2012
About 1,500 Filipino and American troops will be taking part in this year’s Balikatan exercises in the West Philippine Sea, where the disputed Kalayaan Islands Group (KIGs) is situated, including joint training on gas and oil platform defense and retake in Palawan province.

Military Western Command (Westcom) chief Lt. Gen. Juancho Sabban said that this year’s Philippine-United States joint Balikatan exercises are scheduled middle of March up to early April, with 500 to 600 US Marines participating, complemented by around 1,000 Filipino troops.

Aside from the traditional civil military operations, like medical missions and construction of school buildings and amphibious exercises, Sabban said that a new joint training will be introduced this year..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120120nat5.html