Samasama 2024 Exercise kicks off in Subic, Zambales

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00:00A joint maritime set of drills dubbed Sama-Sama between the navies of the Philippines and

00:06the US along with the participating countries kicked off in Zambales.

00:11This fortnight of naval maneuvers and activities is designed to reinforce interoperability

00:16among the allied nations.

00:18Our Patrick De Jesus took his team to Subic on kickoff day of Sama-Sama.

00:26Compared to previous years, the Sama-Sama 2024 exercise between the Philippine and US

00:33navies along with other participating countries will be larger and more expansive, focusing

00:40on maritime security and capability.

00:43The exercise officially begun with an opening ceremony at the Naval Operating Base in Subic-Zambales

00:51earlier today.

00:52Other countries participating are Japan, Canada, France, and Australia.

00:59The United Kingdom will participate as an observer.

01:03Participating naval ships will also conduct a joint group sail.

01:07The group sail will be conducted in the northern part of Luzon, also utilizing various aerial

01:14assets.

01:15The exercise will not exceed the boundaries of the 12-nautical-mile territorial sea.

01:21For the Philippines, we're going to use our frigates.

01:29We have other patrol vessels to participate in this exercise and then, of course, we have

01:38the smaller ones.

01:39There are a lot of skills that we want to develop.

01:43The two-week training is focused on strengthening interoperability among the allied navies and

01:50it is not targeting any specific country amid geopolitical tensions in the region.

01:56The focus here is on interoperability and on building partner capacity and interoperability

02:03for security in the region.

02:05The intent of this exercise is not to ruffle feathers.

02:10It's tailored for interoperability.

02:12This is really about honing our skills.

02:15This has been going for decades already.

02:18So this is not new and it's not intended for any other purpose.

02:23The activities will first take place under the harbor phase of the Sama-Sama exercise,

02:30followed by the sea phase, which includes the group sail and other naval drills.

02:36There will also be a deployment from the U.S. Marine Rotational Force Southeast Asia for

02:42the Sama-Sama exercise and the Kamandag exercises set to begin next week.

02:49Currently, the U.S. Marines are assisting with relief operations in Batanes, which was

02:55devastated by Super Typhoon Hulian using their KC-130J aircraft.

03:02Relief supplies have been transported in coordination with personnel and air assets from the Philippine

03:08Air Force.

03:10What we've done is we've moved about 90,000 pounds to Loag Airport, which is up in northern

03:17Luzon.

03:18It will be staged there and then loaded onto MV-22 Osprey helicopters, tilt-rotor platforms,

03:25from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

03:28They're coming off of the USS Boxer.

03:30The USS Boxer is en route.

03:32From Subic, Zambales, Patrick de Azuz, from The National TV, for a new and better Philippines.

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