Photo from an earlier exercise: Philippine Coast Guard vessels join Japanese and U.S. Coast Guard ships during joint exercises off the coast of Bataan, Philippines, in June 2023. IMAGE CREDIT: Philippine Coast Guard

The US Coast Guard seems to be everywhere lately. Two recent exercises:

Balikatan 2024 builds Philippine-U.S. interoperability, multilateral partnerships

“France deployed a naval vessel to the exercise for the first time, the frigate FS Vendémiaire, while the Philippine and U.S. coast guards deployed vessels for the joint naval exercises for the first time.”

U.S., Pakistan Forces Complete Exercise Inspired Union 2024

“A U.S. Coast Guard maritime engagement team, a U.S. Marine Corps fleet anti-terrorism security team, a civil affairs team, and an expeditionary mine countermeasures and diving team, took part in Inspired Union.”