{"id":111448,"date":"2017-08-11T02:56:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T06:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=111448"},"modified":"2017-08-11T02:56:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T06:56:58","slug":"us-marine-corps-commandant-visits-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/11\/us-marine-corps-commandant-visits-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"US Marine Corps commandant visits PH"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111449\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/US-visit-PH.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111449\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/US-visit-PH.png\" alt=\"The General\u2019s meetings focused on upcoming bilateral engagements in the country, regional security, and the future of diplomacy and interoperability between the two nations. (pna photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/US-visit-PH.png 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/US-visit-PH-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The General\u2019s meetings focused on upcoming bilateral engagements in the country, regional security, and the future of diplomacy and interoperability between the two nations. (pna photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA, Aug. 11<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0 The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General Robert B. Neller is in town since Aug. 9\u00a0 to meet with Philippine military and US Embassy leadership and discuss matters of partnership and future engagements.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, he met with Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o, Commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Salamat, US Ambassador Sung Y. Kim and US Marines on assignment at the Embassy in Manila.<\/p>\n<p>The General\u2019s meetings focused on upcoming bilateral engagements in the country, regional security, and the future of diplomacy and interoperability between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>At a wreath-laying ceremony at the PMC Heroes Memorial on August 10, he honored the sacrifice of the brave Philippine Marines who have died fighting in Marawi. He will stay in the country until Aug. 11.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These Marines were our friends, our partners and our allies, so on behalf of the entire US\u00a0Marine Corps, I wanted to honor their sacrifice,&#8221; Gen. Neller said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Aug. 11\u2014\u00a0 The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General Robert B. Neller is in town since Aug. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[21042,2702,21043],"class_list":["post-111448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-commandant-of-the-united-states-marine-corps-general-robert-b-neller","tag-philippine-military","tag-us-marine-corps-commandant-visits-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}