The Philippine Army (PA) eyes on the possible expansion of ties with the United Kingdom, particularly in land domain training and education, following Group Captain Beatrix VH Walcot's visit to the Philippines.
According to PA spokesperson Colonel Xerxes Trinidad, Walcot met with the Army vice commander Brig. Gen. Steve D. Crespillo during her introductory call at the PA headquarters in Fort Bonifacio on Friday.
It can be recalled that the PA Scout Rangers' team was awarded a Silver Medal citation at the pre-pandemic Exercise Cambrian patrol (Ex CP) 2019 in Wales, UK.
Considered the British Army's premier patrolling event, Trinidad said Ex CP is a mission-focused and scenario-based exercise prepared at improving participating units' operational capabilities.
The British government recently replaced the previous Brunei-based non-resident attaché as the resident defense attaché to the Philippines based at the British Embassy in Manila.
This shift aligned with the British government's 2021 Integrated Review of Foreign and Security Policy, which shifted the country's strategic focus to the Indo-Pacific region.
