Balikatan exercises to begin in April

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Feb 07, 2023 12:09 am

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced on Monday that the 38th iteration of the annual Balikatan Exercises has been scheduled for this April.

'The AFP and the US Armed Forces are once again holding the 38th iteration of the annual bilateral Balikatan exercises. Although this is a bilateral activity, the AFP takes the lead in planning and execution, supported by the US Armed Forces with other like-minded nations as observers,' AFP spokesman Col. Medel Aguilar said in a statement.

PH-US MILITARY RELATIONS | AFP Vice Chief of Staff, LtGen Arthur M Cordura PAF welcomed LtGen George W Smith Jr during his courtesy visit on February 3 at the AFP General Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. LtGen Smith Jr, commanding general of the US I Marine Expeditionary Force, is in the country in preparation for Balikatan Exercise in April 2023. Photo from Armed Forces of the Philippines Fb page

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