U.S.-Filipino Exercise

The United States and the Philippines will stage a 12-day joint military exercise starting Monday involving 5,000 American and 2,000 Philippine soldiers, the U.S. Navy said Friday. The exercise, code-named Balikatan ’85 (shoulder to shoulder), will take place near Ft. Magsaysay, north of Manila, and at Dingalan Bay, 55 miles northwest of Manila on the Philippine Sea.