The day I arrived in Jolo, it was announced that joint U.S.-Philippine military exercises were going to be held on Jolo, among other places in Mindanao ... places in the Philippines where Western ...

After September 11, the Bush administration responded forcefully to help the Philippines combat its homegrown "terrorists" -- the Muslim separatists who have turned the island of Mindanao into a ...

a long-running joint exercise with the Philippines scheduled for April 21 to May 4. On March 31, the U.S. and Philippine marines launched Marine Exercise 2025 in Maguindanao del Norte, Mindanao.