The U.S. is planning to upgrade a Philippine naval base crucial for Manila’s South China Sea operations with a maintenance ...

Talking to Reuters about the Oyster Bay base for the first time last week, Commodore Joseph Rostum O. Peña, commander of the Philippines’ western navy, said “It will be a mini-Subic,” a ...

ACVs from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit performed live-fire exercises Saturday at a waterborne range in Oyster Bay, on the island ... to interfere with the Philippines’ resupply of an ...

The Philippines and Vietnam expressed growing alarm in recent ... A small pier stands at the bay’s most prized asset, a deep inlet called Oyster Bay with rich fishing grounds that help sustain the ...

are not the only sign of the renaissance of American power in the Philippines. In the midst of the war games, U.S. Naval Institute News reported plans to modernize and enlarge a small Philippine base ...

According to the PN, the road, which is part of what is described as a three-year development to make Oyster Bay a major naval anchorage for the Philippines as well as visiting allies, would now ...

following a waterborne gunnery live-fire training during Exercise Balikatan 24 in Oyster Bay, Philippines, May 4, 2024. US Marine Corps Photo Amphibious Combat Vehicles disembarked from USS ...

A platoon of ACV Marines left the USS Harpers Ferry and attacked targets along the shore of Oyster Bay, Philippines, with MK19 grenade launchers. After wrapping up the attack, the ACVs reembarked ...

The sleepy barangay of Bahile in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan wakes up to a flurry of activities due to upgrades in a naval detachment in Oyster Bay PALAWAN, Philippines – When they heard the ...

Located on the edge of the primary forest reservation facing the South China Sea, the Naval Forces West (Navforwest) facility on Oyster Bay is close to the islands and reefs that the Philippines ...