The Philippine Coast Guard says future iterations of the joint exercises – should they happen – may be held elsewhere, and with different simulations.
ABOARD THE BRP CABRA, the South China Sea – Vessels from the Philippine, US, and Japan coast guards on Tuesday, June 6, participated in what officials have dubbed anamid the growing threat and repeated aggressive moves by China in the volatile waterway.
Filipinos entered the “MV Destroyer,” exchanged in a “fire fight” with the enemy, and captured those on board, only to find out that five had jumped overboard. The Japanese and American vessels, who happened to be nearby on freedom of navigation operations, respond to the Philippine ship’s request for search and rescue assistance calls.
“This is purely coast guard to coast guard. Again, these exercises are to build the relationship we already have before,” said Coast Guard Lieutenant Junior Grade John Ybañez in an interview on Tuesday, on board the BRP Cabra, a multi-role response vessels that ferried members of the media from the port of Manila to the waters off Bataan within the opera box of the drills.
Members of the Philippine Coast Guard on board of BRP Melchora Aquino participate in a simulation exercise to improve search and rescue collaboration, and enforcement during the first trilateral coast guard exercise between the Philippines, Japan, and the U.S., at the coast of Bataan, Philippines in the South China Sea, June 6, 2023. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Ybañez downplayed the significance of the exercises being conducted at the West Philippine Sea, or part of the South China Sea within the Philippine exclusive economic zone. “This is the closest point it’s going to be logistically easier for everyone,” he said.
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