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Over 1,000 US troopers in Philippines for Kamandag war games

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More than 1,000 US soldiers and other foreign troopers are in the Philippines for the Kamandag 8-24 war games from October 15 to 25. This is another series of war games aimed at countering the rival imperialist power of China.

The war games will involve 1,150 Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) personnel, 1,150 US Marine Corps troopers, 58 from South Korea, 54 from Japan, eight from the United Kingdom, five from Australia, two from France, and one each from Thailand and Indonesia.

The Mutual Defense Board-Security, composed of military officials from the US and the Philippines, planned the activities for the Kamandag war games, which is aimed at strengthening US military control over the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

According to the PMC, the main activities will be held in the area covered by the Northern Command, Western Command Joint Operational Command, and also in Manila and Cavite. These areas are located in the western part of the Philippines, which is closest to the West Philippine Sea, where the conflict is heating up.

The activities include combined arms littoral live-fire in Burgos, Ilocos Norte, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Burgos, amphibious assault, raids, and counter-landing exercises in Aborlan and Rizal, Palawan, and a forum at Marine Barracks Rudi Brown, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

From January to August this year, nearly every two days, the US military has launched war games on land, air and water in the Philippines. These war games have been recorded for at least 105 out of 244 days, with the longest and uninterrupted war games from April 7 to June 21 (76 days). At least 21,000 US troopers, Australian soldiers, Canadian, Japanese, French and other foreign troopers participated in these war games.

AB: Over 1,000 US troopers in Philippines for Kamandag war games