Philippine government gives OK for US to use bases By The 7th and 5th Fleet , newspaper reports per Rear Admiral Perea

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The Philippine government said this week that
the United States military is again welcome to use Subic Bay and the
sprawling Clark Air Base, two decades after the installations were
abandoned due to political friction with Manila, according to media
reports.
Philippine Defense Undersecretary Honorio Azcueta said U.S. troops,
ships and aircraft can make use ofthe old bases, as long as prior
approval is granted by the government. Azcueta made the comments
following a meeting withJoint Chiefs Chairman Gen. MartinDempsey, who
traveled to the country as part of a regional trip to generate support
for a military pivot toward Asia, according to the Philippine Star
newspaper.
The United States had key bases in the Philippines for decades
afterWorld War II, but relations broke down in the early 1990s, and
the facilities were returned.
The announcement of an expanded military relationship this week comes
after months of talks between Washington and Manila, and appears to be
another step forward in the U.S. plan to bolster forces in the
Asia-Pacific region.
"They can come here provided they have prior coordination from the
government," Azcueta said following the meeting at the Philippine
military headquarters of Camp Aguinaldo in Manila, according to the
Philippine Star newspaper. "That's what we want… increase in exercises
and interoperability."
The United States has a 60-year-old mutual defense treaty with the
Philippines and participates in annual exercises with its military.
There are also roughly 500 U.S. Special Forces troops that have been
advising the Philippine military in its fight against Islamic
terrorist groups in the southern portion of the county since 2001.
However, it was unclear Thursday how useful the Clark and Subic bases
might now be to the United States because much of the land has been
privately developed over the past 20 years.
The former Navy base at Subic Baystill has an airfield that can
accommodate military aircraft and also can provide a safe haven for
ships during cyclones, according to the Philippine Star.
The United States began talks with the Philippines late last year in
hopes of expanding military ties.
During that time, the U.S. has struck a deal with Australia to rotate
thousands of Marines through bases at Darwin, outlined a plan to
forward deploy warships in Singapore, and unveiled a new agreement
with Japan to realign the controversial Marine Corps presence on
Okinawa.
Dempsey met with Philippine leaders this week as top U.S. officials,
including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, traveled through the region
in hopes of building more support among allies for a vastly increased
military presence, which will stretch in an arc across the Pacific and
Asia from Hawaii to Singapore. Panetta has said the United States
plans to shift military forces from a 50/50 split between the Pacific
and Atlantic to a 60/40 split that will focus more on the Pacific.
In an interview this week with the Department of Defense press
service, Dempsey downplayed the size of the increase in military
forces, saying some countries were concerned it could spark
confrontation with China.
The Philippines has been embroiled in a heated dispute with China
overownership of the Spratly Islands, aconflict that could draw in the
United States due to its mutual defense treaty.
"That's not the intent" of the Asia pivot, to challenge China or cause
confrontation, Dempsey told the press service. "The intent is to
increase the quality of our engagement [with allies], the quality of
our relationship-building, the quality of our thinking, the quality of
our leaders." To show a strong Pacific Arm.

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