While it’s tempting to snap countless photos of Batanes’ waving landscape and postcard-perfect backdrops, travelers should look beyond its Instagram appeal ...

The mock battle scenarios under the annual Balikatan military exercises between the United States and the Philippines over ...

The U.S. military has deployed an anti-ship missile launcher for the first time on Batan Island in the Philippines, as Marines unloaded the high-precision weapon on the nor ...

U.S. Marines put a new air-defense system through its paces Friday during the Balikatan exercise in the Philippines.

The United States’ anti-ship missile Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) was deployed for the ...

According to USINDOPACOM, the US and Philippine marines will jointly establish a Fires Expeditionary Advanced Base once NMESIS arrives at the Batanes islands in the Luzon Strait, close to Taiwan.

During Balikatan, the NMESIS will participate in simulated fires exercises during Maritime Key Terrain Security Operations in Northern Luzon and the Batanes Islands, with several launchers ...

Conducted in the northern and western Philippines, with key activities in the Batanes Islands, the drills include operations such as situational awareness, intelligence sharing, maritime ...

A community whose livelihood revolves around fishing, anthropologists believe the Tao people migrated to Orchid Island from Batan Island in the northern Philippines around 800 years ago.

A USMC press release said “the NMESIS will be employed during the Maritime Key Terrain Security Operations in Northern Luzon and the Batanes Islands.” The Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship ...