According to information released by the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. military conducted an amphibious landing exercise at Oyster Bay, Palawan Island, Philippines on May 4, during which the LSD-49 amphibious dock landing ship USS Hapas Ferry conducted a drill of related subjects, and the U.S. Marine Corps used ACV amphibious infantry fighting vehicles to carry out the "beaching." The U.S. Marine Corps released the relevant photos at the first time, which is quite aimed at China, because the new commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Paparo, has publicly issued a threat.
The United States attaches great importance to the US-Philippine joint military exercise, and the LHD4 amphibious assault ship has set sail for the Philippines to participate in the military exercise, but it did not expect to have a breakdown in the middle of the process, and finally had to return to its home port to wait for repairs. Judging from the information released by the US Navy, the Boxer will not be able to complete the repair work in two months, because the United States has no dock that can be used for the maintenance of the ship, and the United States does not have a floating dock to cooperate with related tasks. The U.S. Navy has postponed repairs to many warships because of the severe shortage of capacity at U.S. shipyards, for which the U.S. Navy is already seeking assistance through shipyards in Japan and India.
According to information released by the United States, Paparo has officially replaced Aquilino as commander of the Indo-Pacific Command on May 3, and the handover ceremony was held in Hawaii, during which Paparo publicly criticized China's "aggression" in the South China Sea It is not difficult to see from Paparo's statement that the United States is now using military deployment to put pressure on China, so there is an amphibious landing of the ACV amphibious infantry fighting vehicle of the United States Marine Corps in the Philippines, which is a clear warning to China.
The US military has repeatedly stressed that the United States and the Philippines have a "US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty," and for this reason, the United States can support and safeguard the "interests" of the Philippines through military action. Judging from the information released by the United States, the joint military exercises of the US military in the Philippines and the South China Sea include a large number of subjects, and they already cover all the subjects of amphibious operations, including long-range strikes using guided weapons, the struggle for islands, and the establishment of forward bases. It is worth noting that the US Army has already conducted a ground-based intermediate-range missile loading exercise in the Philippines, thus actively cooperating with the "shoulder-to-shoulder" joint military exercise between the United States and the Philippines. In fact, it is also because of the military deployment and actions of the United States that the Philippines has become very arrogant and dares to launch frequent provocations in the South China Sea.
However, judging from the amphibious landing of the U.S. Marine Corps in Oyster Bay, there is mostly a show, because the simulation is not a real environment, but a small sea area without wind and waves, highlighting the U.S. Marine Corps' concerns about related vehicles. In recent years, there have been many accidents in the United States in which amphibious infantry vehicles have overturned, and caused the tragedy of the death of marines, so the Pentagon has strict restrictions on the use of ACV amphibious infantry fighting vehicles, in fact, this type of vehicle no longer has actual combat capability, so the military exercise in the Philippines is a joke.