Hagel on Sunday visited sailors aboard the combat ship USS Freedom, now deployed in Singapore.

黑格周日看望了部署在新加坡的“自由号”军舰上的海员们。

Both military exercises are taking place in the western Philippines -- not far from the South China Sea. The Philippine exercises with the United States involve a naval combat ship, the USS Fort Worth, and a P-3 Orion surveillance airplane.

两次军事演习都在菲律宾西部举行——离南中国海不远。菲律宾与美国的演习涉及一艘海军战舰、沃思堡号航空母舰和一架 P-3 猎户座侦察机。