US, Japan coast guard ships in Manila for joint ops

(1 Jun 2023)
ASSOICATED PRESS
Manila, Philippines - 1 June 2023
1. Pan left from Philippine Coast Guard personnel to Japan Coast Guard ship Akitsushima docking at Manila port
2. Akitsushima ship with name written on the ship in Japanese
3. Various of Japan Coast Guard ship docking
4. Pan right from Japanese ship to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) arriving at Manila pier
5. Various of Stratton docking
6. Philippine Coast Guard waving U.S. and Japanese flags
7. Philippine Coast Guard holding banner reading (English): "Welcome JCG Akitsushima (PLH 32) and USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752)"
8. U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Brian Krautler, Stratton’s commanding officer, walking to podium
9. SOUNDBITE (English) U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Brian Krautler, Stratton’s commanding officer:
"What an honour it is to join our longtime partners in Manila today for the start of the first trilateral engagement between the coast guards of the United States, the Philippines and Japan. This engagement will build on the many successful bilateral engagements of the past and form the foundation of greater interoperability, proficiency and team work between our nations and between our coast guards."
10. Captian Krautler listening to reporter's question
11. SOUNDBITE (English) U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Brian Krautler, Stratton’s commanding officer:
"The more countries we have that are committed to the same ideals of a free and open Indo-Pacific, the ability to enforce your own nation's laws in your own nation's waters, your own sovereignty - the stronger we can be as a team, the stronger those ideal are. So as often as we can get out here and operate with as many like-minded partners as possible, we are here to do it."
12. Japanese Coast Guard Capt. Toru Imai, Akitsushima's commanding officer, talking to reporters
13. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Japanese Coast Guard Capt. Toru Imai, Akitsushima's commanding officer
++TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY OFFICIAL INTERPRETER++
"We were all affected by the pandemic, the international exchange program was suspended for a very long time. For this time, we already started the international exchange in its very early stage. We were able to come to the Philippines. We at the Japanese Coast Guard think it’s very important to cooperate with the Philippine Coast Guard."
14. Officials linking arms
15. Philippine Coast Guard Capt. Antonio Sontillanosar with Capt. Toru Imai and Capt. Brian Krautler
STORYLINE:
U.S. and Japanese Coast Guard ships arrived in Manila on Thursday to conduct joint operations with members of the Philippine coast guard.
Members from the three coast guards will engage in the first ever group of tri-lateral activities at sea and in port during a multi-day visit that builds upon partnerships between them.
"This engagement will build on the many successful bilateral engagements of the past and form the foundation of greater interoperability, proficiency and team work between our nations and between our coast guards." said U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Brian Krautler, Stratton’s commanding officer.
Stratton’s crew plans to engage in professional and subject matter expert exchanges with partners and allies throughout the region and will patrol and operate as directed during their Western Pacific deployment.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s partnerships and presence in the Indo-Pacific have increased in recent years.
Stratton’s current Western Pacific patrol is the cutter’s second patrol in the region, and one of seven national security cutter deployments to the Western Pacific since 2019.
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USA: We're coming here just for visiting!
Japan: Me too
Philippine: Fuxxk! Before you told us to fight with China together.
Japan and USA: After you!

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