TUNE IN | Army Spokesperson Col. Xerxes A. Trinidad on the Philippine-US Forces Balikatan Exercise 2022. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. Armed Forces (USAF) conducted the 37th iteration of the PH-US Exercise “BALIKATAN” from March 28 to April 8, 2022. The exercise has three major events namely the Staff Exercise, Joint and Combined Interoperability Events, and Humanitarian Civic Assistance. A total of 8,900 combined AFP and USAF personnel are participating in the exercise.

Western Democracy traces its roots to ancient Greece, a land of squabbling city-states. Amongst these warring city-states arose Athens, and a group of men who had a funny idea: citizens should get a say in who exactly got to rule them. Though initially imperfect in its implementation, that idea has since evolved to the free Democratic nations most of us live in today- but it could all have been lost to a single moment in history. | The Infographics Show