The Philippines is sending observers for the first time to the Talisman Sabre, a multinational military exercise led by the Australia and United States, which is being presented as a display of unity among Washington's allies amid China's assertiveness in the region. The presence of three military officers—one each from the Armed Forces of the Philippines Education Training and Doctrine Command, Deputy Chief of Staff for Education and Training, and from the Philippine Marine Corps—is part of an intent of sending participants to the biennial exercise in the near future, AFP public affairs chief Lt.

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