Balikatan to hold training exercises in Antique and Capiz

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 9): Balikatan to hold training exercises in Antique and Capiz

The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States military will hold the Balikatan training exercise in Antique and Capiz provinces on April 11-15.

Lt. Col. Enriqueto Deocadez, Jr., commander of the 82nd Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, said in an interview that the concept of the training exercise is to enhance military capability in terms of territorial defense whenever there is foreign aggression.

Around 300 personnel from the US military and 200 from the AFP will take part in the exercise, Deocadez said.

Advanced parties are expected to be in San Jose de Buenavista, the assembly area, starting April 4.

Disaster response will also be part of the training exercise.(

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