BATANES, Philippines – U.S. Army Soldiers, Philippine Army soldiers, and local government officials broke ground in Itbayat, Batanes, during a ceremony May 6, 2024, signifying the start of ...

U.S. Marines and Filipino counterparts engaged in combat drills in the Philippines’ northernmost island town, Itbayat, along the Bashi Channel. The drills are part of the annual Balikatan exercises, ...

The Philippines has opened a new coast guard station on an island near Taiwan to increase surveillance over an area that has seen a military buildup and frequent presence of Chinese vessels. The ...

MANILA — The National Security Adviser, Gen. Eduardo Año, and the Philippine Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, inaugurated the Philippine Coast Guard Monitoring Station in Itbayat, ...

U.S. troopers alight from a U.S. Army CH-47 carrying American and Philippine troops as it lands at the Philippines' northernmost town of Itbayat, Batanes province during a joint military exercise on ...

ITBAYAT, Philippines -- It was a blazing hot summer evening in Itbayat, Philippines — so hot that a hungry engineer from the 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment ...