Philippines and United States strengthen its mutual relationship as it will conduct joined Naval training's at Subic in which most of its military operation on the training will be located near the Scarborough, the training will happen 26 of June this year – Philippine Navy
Officer state.
The joined military exercise will
last for five days mostly near on the shoal. Rommel Rodriquez LJG said the main
aim of “Carat” (Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training) is strengthening its
ties with Philippine Navy, United States Navy and Philippine Maritime in which it
promotes goodwill relationships.
Training covers theoretical discussions
on safety and awareness operations on maritime defense mostly on maritime
cases. As expected gun exercise will also happen on the third day of its
trainings. Its aim is pure training for Maritime operations no need to worry,
thought the training will be held near the Scarborough it will only focus on
trainings. Rodriquez said.
Dear Defense Insider Philippines,
ReplyDeleteWith reference to your article, "Philippines and United States to Conduct Military Training near Scarborough," may I emphasize that at its closest point, the exercise area (at sea) is at least 90 nautical miles away from Scarborough Shoal. In fact, it is no where near any disputed land features in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
CARAT Exercise 2014 is purely a bilateral maritime exercise between the US and PH aimed at enhancing interoperability through shared skills and exchange of expertise between troops of both allies.
This year's edition of CARAT 2014 is on its 20th year and has nothing to do with the dispute issues in the West Philippine Sea.
I will be glad to accommodate you and give you the information you need to emphasize the main objectives of the exercise. Looking forward to your considerations.
Respectfully,
Lieutenant Rommel B. Rodriguez PN
Fleet Public Affairs Officer