More than 3,000 Filipino and US soldiers will participate in the three-week long annual exercises called Salaknib, which will focus on air defense and shoreline defense.

The majority of activities will take place at Fort Magsaysay, the Philippines' largest military camp, and one of five sites the US has access to under its Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with Manila.

Under the agreement, the US can use the bases for joint training, pre-positioning of equipment, and building of facilities such as runways, fuel storage, and military housing, but not to maintain a permanent presence.