The air, sea and land drills, the first large-scale joint exercise between #Australia and the #Philippines, simulated retaking an enemy-controlled island.
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marlies said after the drills that the first joint patrols of the #SouthChinaSea by the Australian and Philippine navies would “happen soon”.
Australia, Philippines hold military drills, plan South China Sea patrols
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/26/australia-philippines-hold-military-drills-plan-south-china-sea-patrols
![Philippine soldiers take part in a large-scale combined amphibious assault exercise on August 25, 2023, at a naval base in San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines [Riley Blennerhassett/Australian Department of Defence via AP Photo]](https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/110/953/957/130/652/311/original/0d00b82bdb87f28e.jpg "Philippine soldiers take part in a large-scale combined amphibious assault exercise on August 25, 2023, at a naval base in San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines [Riley Blennerhassett/Australian Department of Defence via AP Photo]")