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                    [Title] => 600 US marines arrive for MIX
                    [Summary] => SUBIC BAY, Zambales — About 600 US marines based in Okinawa, Japan, arrived here yesterday for joint exercises with their Philippine counterparts, the second for the year,  the military announced.


The exercises — to be held at Clark, a former US air force base in Pampanga, and in Ternate, Cavite — will begin tomorrow and will run up to Feb. 23.


Philippine Marine Corps commander Maj. Gen. Librado Ladia said the war games is part of the Philippines’ defense treaty with the United States.


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                    [Title] => RP, US set 17 military exercises next year
                    [Summary] => Amid strengthening military cooperation between the Philippines and the United States under the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1957, at least 17 military exercises are set to be conducted in 2003 between both countries as well as other nations.


According to documents obtained by The STAR, most of the scheduled exercises are expected to focus on anti-insurgency and counter-terrorist operations.


The 17 exercises include three multilateral exercises that may include participants or observers from still unidentified third countries.


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                    [Title] => No jurisdiction over US servicemen — Embassy
                    [Summary] => The 18 US Navy SEAL commandos may not have to appear before local prosecutors probing the death of two Filipino boys due to a grenade that was left unexploded in a joint Philippine-US military exercise in Toledo City, Cebu last August.


US Embassy spokesman Thomas Skipper said the 18 US Navy men were on official duty when the incident occurred and thus, were not covered by a Philippine court.


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                    [Title] => ON HOMICIDE CHARGES FOR DEATHS OF 2 BOYS : Cebu court to summon 18 US Navy men
                    [Summary] => Eighteen US Navy SEAL commandos will be summoned by a local prosecutor investigating the death of two Filipino boys after a joint military exercise by Philippine and American troops in Toledo City, Cebu last August, a Department of Foreign Affairs official said yesterday.


The 18 will be asked to submit depositions and to attend a "clarificatory hearing" of the charges filed against them and several Filipino troops, said Elmer Cato, spokesman of the Visiting Forces Agreement Commission (VFACOM), a government panel monitoring Philippine-US military exercises.


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                    [Title] => 2,000 US soldiers expected in VFA war exercises next year
                    [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado said here yesterday that some 2,000 US soldiers are expected in the country next year for the resumption of joint military exercises under the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).


"This time, they will be strictly monitored even during their "port calls usually spent on wine, women, and songs." Mercado said.


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Filipino, American troops end joint drills in Cavite

By Alexis Romero | February 1, 2016 - 3:13am

Filipino and American Navy troops on Monday concluded joint drills intended to improve their capabilities to deal with maritime...

Headlines

600 US marines arrive for MIX

By Jen Velarmino | February 2, 2003 - 12:00am

SUBIC BAY, Zambales — About 600 US marines based in Okinawa, Japan, arrived here yesterday for joint exercises with their Philippine counterparts, the second for the year, the military announced. The exercises...

Headlines

RP, US set 17 military exercises next year

By Paolo Romero | December 25, 2002 - 12:00am

Amid strengthening military cooperation between the Philippines and the United States under the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1957, at least 17 military exercises are set to be conducted in 2003 between both countries...

Headlines

No jurisdiction over US servicemen — Embassy

By Aurea Calica | December 25, 2000 - 12:00am

The 18 US Navy SEAL commandos may not have to appear before local prosecutors probing the death of two Filipino boys due to a grenade that was left unexploded in a joint Philippine-US military exercise in Toledo...

Nation

ON HOMICIDE CHARGES FOR DEATHS OF 2 BOYS : Cebu court to summon 18 US Navy men

By Aurea Calica | December 23, 2000 - 12:00am

Eighteen US Navy SEAL commandos will be summoned by a local prosecutor investigating the death of two Filipino boys after a joint military exercise by Philippine and American troops in Toledo City, Cebu last August,...

Nation

2,000 US soldiers expected in VFA war exercises next year

December 4, 2000 - 12:00am

CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado said here yesterday that some 2,000 US soldiers are expected in the country next year for the resumption of joint military exercises under the Visiting...

Nation

Cebu blast related to war game — VFACom

By Aurea Calica | October 7, 2000 - 12:00am

The Visiting Forces Agreement Commission (VFACom) ruled that an explosion at a firing range in Toledo City, Cebu last Aug. 19 was related to the joint military exercise between Filipino and US troops, and that the...

Nation