With Balikatan 2015 maneuvers ending in a couple of days,
American exercise director Brig. Gen. Christoper J. Mahoney said the joint
military maneuvers between the U.S. and the Philippines is proving "highly
successful".
He made this statement during the sidelights of the aircraft
display portion of the Balikatan Saturday at Clark Air Base, Pampanga.
Mahoney also stressed that the military exercises, which
started April 20 and will be terminated on the 30th, have created greater
confidence between the U.S.
"It's a win-win situation for the two allies," he
added.
Mahoney also stressed that Balikatan 2015 is proving the
biggest joint maneuvers so far as around 11,600 American and Filipino troops
have engaged in land, air, and sea exercises which so far have proven very
successful.
Earlier, Balikatan public information officer Lt. Col.
Marlowe Patria said this year's joint exercises will be vastly different as
territorial defense will be given focused by participating military forces.
He added that this is to ensure that the country's military
forces has the capability to defend itself aside from helping in disaster
response and community development.
"(This year's Balikatan) will be quite different as it
will be focus on territorial defense aside from disaster response and community
development," he added.
Patria also stressed that the decision to include
territorial defense is not aimed at any nation in particular, adding that the
overall goal is to ensure that the AFP will able to enhance its capability to
protect the country from any threat.
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