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Nikkei Asia
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
In memory of Richard Armitage and Joseph Nye Jr.
WASHINGTON/SYDNEY -- Perhaps no two individuals in recent history have had a more enduring impact on American strategic engagement with Asia -- and particularly U.S. engagement with key allies and partners, notably Japan -- than Richard Armitage and Joseph Nye. We were brought up and initiated into their orbit -- inspired by their examples, motivated by their dedication, and nurtured by them in our own careers and personal lives, as were many others. We lost Rich in March and Joe this month. Their passing leaves a yawning chasm in American foreign policy, but their legacy and examples will endure for many years to come. Rich Armitage and Joe Nye had very different backgrounds. Rich graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1967 and after a tour in Vietnam working with riverine forces, left the Navy so that he could stay alongside his South Vietnamese comrades in the fight. When Communist forces overran Saigon in 1975, a young Rich Armitage organized the South Vietnamese Navy with their families and rescued thousands in a ragtag flotilla of ships that made it to the Philippines. He went on to work as a congressional staffer and rose within Republican administrations to be deputy secretary of state.
India Today
05-05-2025
- General
- India Today
Navy ship sinks on its own before military exercise in South China Sea
A World War II-era Philippine Navy ship unexpectedly sank before it could be used in a planned target practice drill during joint military exercises by the United States and the Philippines. Military officials from both countries confirmed the incident on vessel, named BRP Miguel Malvar, was intended to serve as a target for a mock attack during the Balikatan exercises, which are yearly military exercises involving both the ship started to sink as it was towed in choppy seas near the contested South China Sea. It eventually sank around 30 nautical miles off Zambales province in the Philippines. No one was aboard when the 80-year-old vessel sank into the sea. Philippine military spokespersons said that the ship was in very deplorable condition and could not endure the strong sea environment. "It's an 80-year-old dilapidated ship, and it wasn't able to withstand the rough seas," stated Lt. Col. John Paul VESSEL HAD SURVIVED BATTLESThe vessel was originally constructed in the 1940s and was part of the United States Navy as the USS Brattleboro. It was an important vessel in the Battle of Okinawa, where it treated more than 200 injured soldiers and saved over 1,000 survivors from wrecked ships. For its services in World War II, the vessel received three battle 1966, the ship was transferred to the South Vietnamese Navy by the United States. Following the fall of Saigon in 1975, the crew evacuated and took refuge, while the ship was finally accepted and restored by the Philippine Navy. It served until its eventual retirement in the vessel was no longer in service and was set to fulfil one last role as a target for live fire exercises in the cancelled sinking of the ship was one of the main scheduled exercises of this year's Balikatan exercises, which run from April 21 to May 9. This year, around 14,000 US and Philippine troops are participating. ALSO READ: Trump's $1,000 offer to migrants who self-deport in fresh mass deportation pushMust Watch
