Carter to watch US-PH war games

UNITED States Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will personally observe some of the activities of the annual military exercises between the Philippines and the US, particularly the live fire drill involving state-of-the-art war materiel, the commander of the US Marine Forces Pacific disclosed Monday.

Lt. Gen. John Toolan, also the US Balikatan (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) exercise director, said Carter will be spending some time out at sea with a US Navy ship while observing a “couple of things he’s very interested in.”