Planning teams from the Philippine Army and the Indonesian Army’s (Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat) Komando Cadangan Strategis Angkatan Darat (Kostrad) held the secretariat meeting and planning conference for the Indonesia-Philippine Training Activity 2023 (TA DOLPHINE XV-23) at the Hotel Savoy in Pasay City on March 15, 2023.
The 15th iteration of the bilateral training activity will be held at the First Scout Ranger Regiment (FSRR) Headquarters in Camp Pablo Tecson, San Miguel, Bulacan from May 21 to May 30, 2023. A total of 40 Filipino and Indonesian soldiers are set to train side by side in jungle warfare operations, urban operations, and sniping operations during the said activity. The training activity is also geared at bolstering the tactics, techniques, and procedures as well as sustaining the existing partnership of participating units.
It can be recalled that Philippine Army Scout Rangers and their Indonesian counterparts trained side by side in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations at the Taipur Military Camp, Cilodong and Sangga Buana Training Site, Karawang, West Java, Indonesia in April last year.
Photos by Staff Sergeant Orlando Ballesteros PA/ OACPA