Key Philippine Military and Insurgency-Related Events: AFP: PRESS RELEASE | PH-AUS ‘KASANGGA’ closes phase 1, phase 2 starts

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

AFP: PRESS RELEASE | PH-AUS ‘KASANGGA’ closes phase 1, phase 2 starts

Posted to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Facebook Page (Jun 5, 2023): PRESS RELEASE | PH-AUS ‘KASANGGA’ closes phase 1, phase 2 starts

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City--The Philippine Army and the Australian Army concluded the first phase and likewise opened the second phase of the Philippine-Australia Army-to-Army Exercise “Kasangga” 23-2 at the Headquarters of 2nd Infantry “Jungle Fighter” Division at Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal on June 5.

The exercise marks the AFP’s more robust international defense and security engagements with foreign military partners. Following the recent pronouncements of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the AFP ramped up its education and training engagements with other foreign militaries to foster trust and cooperation.

The PAAAE 23-2 is a bilateral training exercise conducted in two phases that aims to enhance the capabilities and skills of Philippine and Australian army units in urban operations; urban breaching; combat tracking; jungle warfare and survival training; long-range marksmanship; tactical combat casualty care; sensitive site exploitation; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations; and small unit leaders’ training through the exchange of tactics, techniques, and procedures.

The 21st Division Reconnaissance Company (DRC), 2ID trained with a platoon from the Australian Army during Kasangga’s Phase 1 from May 15, 2023 to June 5, 2023. Meanwhile, personnel from the 22nd DRC, 2ID are now training side-by-side with another platoon from the Australian Army during Kasangga’s Phase 2 from June 5, 2023 to June 23, 2023.

The AFP continues to look forward to more defense engagements and training activities with the Australian counterpart and other allied countries to develop its capabilities further as it shifts its focus towards territorial defense operations./// (Story and Photos by OACPA)

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