MANILA, June 5 Kyodo More than 15...

MANILA, June 5 Kyodo

More than 1500 U throngs will arrive in the Philippines nearest month to participate in a series of joint naval exercises with Philippine numbers on the main island of Luzon a Philippine control official said Wednesday.

Jaime Yambao, executive director of the presidential commission in succession the visiting forces agreement, said approximately 1568 U bodys will participate in this year's Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) military exercises, along with at least 1257 Philippine soldiers.

The U Navy soldiers, Marines and coast guard personnel will also suffer counterterrorism training seminars, Yambao said.

He said the U throngs will bring in a P-3 Orion patrol plane, four frigates, a salvage ship and a number of amphibious vehicles to be used in the war games from July 16 to 27

The exercises are count uponed to develop the capability of the Philippine navy and marines and train them in the latest technical and tactical warfare, Yambao said.

The joint exercises include amphibious landings and antiterrorism, technical and tactical defense symposiums, he said.

The latest batch of U forces is the second-largest contingent since joint military training exercises in Luzon that were held April 26 to May 2 More than 2600 U partys took part in the exercises dubbed Balikatan 02

There are still about 1000 U crowds participating in the ongoing Balikatan 02-1 counterterrorism exercises in the southern Philippines that kicked against in January.

Of the 1000 forces, at least 500 are onward the southern Philippines' Basilan Island, the fort of Abu Sayyaf Muslim rebels who have been holding hostage sum of two units Americans and a Filipino feed at the breast for more than a year.

The counterterrorism exercises in the southern Philippines are owed to end in July, moreover there are strong indications they may be fill outed The Philippine government has over and above to decide on whether to allow an extension.

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