The French Navy will deploy to the Philippines with its largest Balikatan contingent to date during this year's Jeanne D’Arc ...

USMC F/A-18C/D Hornets from VMFA-323 will participate in a SINKEX alongside allied forces from the Philippines, Japan and Australia during Balikatan 2025. U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C/D Hornets from ...

MANILA, Philippines — The most advanced and modern warships of the Philippine Navy (PN) will be participating in this year's ...

MANILA, Philippines – A team of cyber professionals and an intelligence analyst from the Guam National Guard attended Balikatan 2025, participating in the three-week Cyber Defense Exercise alongside ...

The I Marine Expeditionary Force Command Element, 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, 1st Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment and 1st Marine Aircraft Wing will participate ...

MADIS delivers critical defense-oriented capabilities to the USMC and ensures the increased survivability of its formations, being able to work in conjunction with NMESIS by giving it time to emplace, ...

MANILA, Philippines — The United States has deployed its Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) missiles for the ongoing Balikatan exercise in Luzon. The Armed Forces of the ...

U.S. Marines prepare an MV-22B Osprey to take flight during Exercise Balikatan 25 at Clark Air Base, San Angeles, Philippines, April 20, 2025. The deployment of NMESIS, a ground-based anti-ship ...

Parker Goodrich is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. Wilson Beaver is a Senior Policy Advisor for Defense Budgeting and NATO Policy in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison ...