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Knowledge of the Filipino fighting skills is mandatory in the Philippine military and police. Filipino martial arts are considered the most advanced practical modern blade system in the world and are now a core component of the U.S. Army's Modern Army Combatives program [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] and used by the Russian Spetsnaz (special forces) .
Philippine Collegiate Peace Debates (September 29, 2013) Philippine Marine Biodiversity Video Documentary by Sen. Loren Legarda (May 2014) Philippine Military Academy Graduation Rites (March, yearly) People Power 20th Anniversary Documentary Special (2006) Promulgation of the Preamble of the 1987 Philippine Live Constitution (December 4, 2013)
Filipino-Americans residing in the region (referred to as "Manilamen" on the account of Manila being the capital of the Philippines) were recruited by local pirate Jean Lafayette to join his "Baratarians", a group of privately recruited soldiers serving under the American forces under the command of Andrew Jackson, in the defense of New Orleans ...
Last year, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. defended his decision to allow a U.S. military presence in more Philippine military camps under a 2014 defense pact, saying it was vital to his ...
The military exercises will involve more than 2,000 American troops and Filipino soldiers and personnel and include island-based exercises in amphibious landings, live fire and humanitarian ...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s decision to allow U.S. forces indefinite access to two Philippine air force and naval bases in Cagayan province near Batanes under a 2014 defense pact ...
The reports, released in 1974, [6] [7] 1975, [5] and 1981 [8] respectively [9] have since become a major source of historical documentation regarding torture under Ferdinand Marcos' regime. Accounts were also gathered by Task Force Detainees of the Philippines , the World Council of Churches, the International Commission of Jurists, and other ...
The United States military kicked off two weeks of multilateral exercises with its Philippine allies and multiple international partners on Monday amid rising tensions between Manila and Beijing ...