The Philippine government has identified four new local military areas where rotational U.S. forces with their weapons will be allowed to stay indefinitely
A Philippine official says the country's coast guard has launched a strategy of publicizing aggressive actions by China in the disputed South China Sea.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in the Philippines for talks on deploying larger numbers of U.S. forces and weapons in more Philippine military camps.
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro told the Associated Press that the U.S. military focus in the Asia-Pacific region will never slacken despite the war in Ukraine.