U.S. Destroyer Docked At Subic Freeport For Landing Exercise With Philippines

The U.S. destroyer USS Bonhomme Richard, right, is docked at Subic Freeport, a former US naval base, west of Manila, Philippines, where the opening ceremony for the Philippines-U.S. amphibious landing exercise, dubbed Phiblex 2013, was held Monday Oct. 8, 2012. More than 2,800 U.S. Marines and sailors from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit based in Okinawa, Japan, are taking part in the two-week air, ground and amphibious training with their Philippine counterparts. <AP Photo/Bullit Marquez>

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