Military Exercise and Training
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
Indo-Pacific allies, partners preserve navigational rights, ensure secure, open global sea lines of communication
FORUM Staff The United States and its allies and partners continue engaging in maritime security activities to safeguard international waters and key global sea lines of communication (SLOCs). Thailand and the U.S., for example, conducted the 29th Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/Marine Exercise (MAREX) Thailand in May 2023, which included five days of drills in anti-submarine warfare; visit, board,…
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Oceania
Indo-Pacific military personnel learn skills, build relationships at Pacific Defender exchange
FORUM Staff Pacific Defender exchanges improve interoperability and build relationships among military and security personnel from Indo-Pacific nations and elsewhere. The tutorials and discussions during the five-day program in early May 2023 in Honolulu, Hawaii, served to enhance regional security. The gathering at the United States military’s Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam involved military personnel from Canada and New Zealand. The…
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Partnerships
LANPAC bolsters connections among Indo-Pacific armed forces
FORUM Staff The Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium & Exhibition drew more than 1,700 military personnel, academics, and security and defense professionals to Honolulu, Hawaii, in mid-May 2023. The event, in its 10th year, highlights the role of land forces throughout the Indo-Pacific. Participants and attendees included delegations from more than 25 nations, and army chiefs from Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Japan,…
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Climate
U.S. military fosters environmental awareness, protection during training
FORUM Staff Military exercises can be big, loud and destructive by nature. After all, when Soldiers train in the most realistic scenarios, they’re better prepared for missions. But what consideration is given to the surroundings where troops conduct drills? Can military training and care for the environment coexist? In the United States military, they can, and U.S. service members enter…
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Partnerships
ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise stresses cooperation, interoperability
FORUM Staff The leaders of the Indian and Singaporean navies, Adm. R. Hari Kumar, pictured, and Rear Adm. Sean Wat, launched the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India Maritime Exercise (AIME-23) at Changi Naval Base, Singapore, in early May 2023. The weeklong exercise provided an opportunity for the Indian Navy and ASEAN navies to work together and improve interoperability,…
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Partnerships
Inaugural cyber defense drill builds partnerships, capabilities at Balikatan
FORUM Staff Exercise Balikatan 2023, the 38th iteration of the annual training between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States military, featured an inaugural joint cyber defense exercise (CYDEX) in April 2023. Combined teams of Philippine and U.S. cyber defense experts at Camp Aguinaldo outside Manila, along with Philippine law enforcement personnel, trained on a U.S.…
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Global Commons
French-led Croix du Sud exercise highlights HADR, combat care
FORUM Staff Troops conducted survival, combat, and humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) drills during the French Armed Forces-led Croix du Sud exercise April 24 to May 6, 2023. Participants from 19 countries gathered in the South Pacific islands of New Caledonia, a French territory, to share skills and improve coordination and intervention capacities. Sgt. Kinsley Parent, a French combat…
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Oceania
U.S. strengthens military presence on Guam, Tinian
Tom Abke The United States is bolstering its defense capabilities in the Mariana Islands, including Guam, in the face of missile threats from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and to fulfill its commitment to Indo-Pacific allies and partners. Efforts include military exercises and the planned build-up of military assets in the archipelago. “The growing PLA long-range strike capabilities, especially its…
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Northeast Asia
Allies increase missile defense proficiency, will not be badgered by North Korean threats
The Associated Press Japan, South Korea and the United States conducted a joint missile defense exercise in mid-April 2023 in waters near the Korean Peninsula as they expand military training to counter growing threats from North Korea Days earlier, North Korea conducted one of its most provocative weapons demonstrations in years by flight-testing an intercontinental ballistic missile powered by solid…
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Partnerships
Philippines, U.S. showcase combat readiness at largest-ever Balikatan exercise
Maria T. Reyes The Philippines and the United States launched their largest-ever combined military drills April 10, 2023, which will include firing rockets to sink a decommissioned navy ship in waters facing the South China Sea. More than 17,600 personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S military are training during the three-week Balikatan 2023 to…
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