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■Philippine defence chief seeks brigade-sized Army force and stronger Marine presence on Palawan ■Taiwan's Volcano minelayers to arrive in a single batch next year as training mines come first ■South Korea moves to curb athletes' military service exemptions as conscript pool shrinks ■Seoul moves to formally cite North Korea for armistice breaches over DMZ border incursions ■Australian Army corporal killed and five soldiers hurt in rollover at Mount Bundey ■US forces on Okinawa halt routine operations for 48 hours and impose curfew after Marine murder arrest ■Philippine defence chief seeks brigade-sized Army force and stronger Marine presence on Palawan ■Taiwan's Volcano minelayers to arrive in a single batch next year as training mines come first ■South Korea moves to curb athletes' military service exemptions as conscript pool shrinks ■Seoul moves to formally cite North Korea for armistice breaches over DMZ border incursions ■Australian Army corporal killed and five soldiers hurt in rollover at Mount Bundey ■US forces on Okinawa halt routine operations for 48 hours and impose curfew after Marine murder arrest

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Marines in camouflage and helmets walk in a line along a rocky, tree-lined beach as small waves wash ashore.

Philippine defence chief seeks brigade-sized Army force and stronger Marine presence on Palawan

Gilberto Teodoro and AFP chief Antonio Nafarrete told Western Command troops that the province facing the South China Sea needs a larger, sustained tri-service presence.

TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 2 min read