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The government will station new fighter jets and two frigates as it reopens the former US naval base in Subic Bay to military use in a further response to Chinese expansionism in the disputed South China Sea.
One of the biggest US naval facilities in the world, Subic Bay was shut in 1992 after the Senate terminated a bases agreement with Washington at the end of the Cold War.
Manila converted the facility, which was never home to the Philippine military, into an economic zone.
Defense Undersecretary Pio Lorenzo Batino said the military signed an agreement in May with the zone’s operator, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, to use parts of the installation under a renewable 15-year lease.
http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/phl-reopens-subic-bay-as-military-base/ar-AAd4TUC?ocid=mailsignout
One of the biggest US naval facilities in the world, Subic Bay was shut in 1992 after the Senate terminated a bases agreement with Washington at the end of the Cold War.
Manila converted the facility, which was never home to the Philippine military, into an economic zone.
Defense Undersecretary Pio Lorenzo Batino said the military signed an agreement in May with the zone’s operator, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, to use parts of the installation under a renewable 15-year lease.
http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/phl-reopens-subic-bay-as-military-base/ar-AAd4TUC?ocid=mailsignout
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Only if there is a time machine that takes me back to the late 50s-early 60s era. Hopefully, with my age reversed also. It would kill me today. NO BALUTS!
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Yes Master Chief you can keep the Balut, I threw up a little in my mouth just reading your post.
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PO1 Michael Fullmer
tried one of those NASTY boys in the late 70's, and all I can say is...NEVER again. lol
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Good. Sign me up. PI should have accepted statehood when we offered it back in the 50's. Things would be very different if they had.
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Get behind me, Satan! I rebuke thee!!!!
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Last time I stumbled the streets of Olangapo, I was a 24-yr old boy with too much money, too much testosterone, too much love of MoJo and too few morals.
Like MCPO Roger Collins said, it'd kill me today!!!!
I honestly don't think I'd survive my first Jeepney (sp?) ride to the barrio!
Hey... maybe I could just stay on the boat, take everyone's duty and make a little ka-ching while babysitting the tractor!
THAT I could probably handle!
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Last time I stumbled the streets of Olangapo, I was a 24-yr old boy with too much money, too much testosterone, too much love of MoJo and too few morals.
Like MCPO Roger Collins said, it'd kill me today!!!!
I honestly don't think I'd survive my first Jeepney (sp?) ride to the barrio!
Hey... maybe I could just stay on the boat, take everyone's duty and make a little ka-ching while babysitting the tractor!
THAT I could probably handle!
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I'll go back. I loved it. I just want it in writing that Pinatubo wont blow up in my face again.
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PO2 Steven Erickson
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - So many memories burst back with that video. Unfortunately, it's like a gathering at a funeral. It's the definition of bittersweet...
Thanks, Chip...
Thanks, Chip...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
My Pleasure Shipmate. It would be nice to see it again restored. When I left the last time it really was in rough shape having just weathered the largest volcanic eruption the world had seen in 100 years and a Typhoon at the same time. Everything was flat and covered in Volcanic Ash.
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I think it is very predictable that we are back in there. Guam and Okinawa are nice, but not even close to the facilities and capabilities Sunoco Bay had. We will be there to stay, undoubtedly.
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BTW guys I don't think this is a US lease but the Philippine military leasing the facility and moving two frigates and some fighter jets there. But I do see it as a stepping stone to more US ships visiting the old port.
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Its good because US ships would really deter China's move deeper into the South China sea and eventually exerting its influence over all the shipping lanes.
Subic Bay has prospered fairly well for itself, we pretty much left everything in tact when we left and the Gordon family although corrupt as hell knows how to keep a profitable economy running.
Subic Bay has prospered fairly well for itself, we pretty much left everything in tact when we left and the Gordon family although corrupt as hell knows how to keep a profitable economy running.
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The Philippines are really quite an important area, given the high concentration of Islamic radicals in Indonesia and the Philippines. Further, we have forgotten the lessons of WWII in managing Pacific Islands, clearly.
So, no matter one's thoughts on liberty in Subic City, this is probably a wise move. In reality it's not a huge number of people as the Frigates (LCS) will no doubt have rotated crews, so the families will remain elsewhere, and the fighter squadrons will rotate as well...
So, no matter one's thoughts on liberty in Subic City, this is probably a wise move. In reality it's not a huge number of people as the Frigates (LCS) will no doubt have rotated crews, so the families will remain elsewhere, and the fighter squadrons will rotate as well...
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Freedom of navigation (FON) ops in this area of the South China Sea would be perfect for the LCS. You need presence. Granted if it gets into a all out shooting war the front line LCS is a goner but since the Liberty no one has really taken a shot at us. Well on purpose anyways. It would be a good idea to rotate the crews like we did on Swift and the forward deployed Mine Sweepers.
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PO1 Michael Garrett
That we have forgotten the lessons of WWII is an understatement. While we have retreated from the Pacific/Indian Ocean rim, the Chinese have been very busy cultivating relations with some of our former allies. We should have never left the PI. We need to fully reestablish ourselves back in Subic Bay. That was the only reliable port where we could fully repair and refurbish our fleets.
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We will end up spending a ton of money updating this obsolite base. I wonder if Magsaysay will return to its former glory.
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