Philippine Army (PA) soldiers learn lessons on the employment of Javelin, an anti-tank weapon widely used in interstate conventional warfare, in a subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) activity held at Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) headquarters in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija on March 15, 2022.
Soldiers from PA’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, Special Forces Regiment (Airborne), First Scout Ranger Regiment, Light Reaction Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, 7th Infantry Division, Armor Division and the PA Anti-Armor Capability Technical Working Group from the Training and Doctrine Command participated in the lecture and demonstration facilitated by the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment (1-27), 2nd Brigade Combat Team, U.S. Army Pacific. The training audience from both PA and USARPAC is also scheduled to conduct javelin live-fire exercises on March 31, 2023.
The Javelin SMEE bolsters the Philippine Army’s modernization and capability development thrusts as it gradually shifts from internal security to territorial defense operations. Around 3,000 Filipino and American soldiers are currently participating in Exercise Salaknib, an annual Army-to-Army exercise geared at strengthening the interoperability of Filipino and American soldiers in a spectrum of military operations.
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