Once-secret ammunition bunkers and barracks lay abandoned, empty and overrun by weeds—vestiges of American firepower in what used to be the United States’ largest overseas naval base at Subic Bay in the northern Philippines. Know more:
Once-secret ammunition bunkers and barracks lay abandoned, empty and overrun by weeds—vestiges of American firepower in what used to be the United States’ largest overseas naval base at Subic Bay in the northern Philippines.Trees and wild vines grow beside abandoned concrete structures called “Quonset huts” formerly used as barracks for US Marines in what used to be America’s largest overseas naval base at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Zambales province.
A sign stands on a quiet day in what used to be America’s largest overseas naval base at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Chairman and Administrator Rolen C. Paulino gestures beside a Philippine and US flag inside his office in what used to be America’s largest overseas naval base at Olongapo city, Zambales province, northwest of Manila, on Monday February 6, 2023.
People pass by the cannon of Japanese cargo ship Oryoku Maru in honor of US soldiers who died during its sinking, at the American Legion Post 4 just outside what used to be America’s largest overseas naval base at Olongapo city, Zambales province. In November, then-Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome Bacarro disclosed that the sites included the strategic Subic Bay, where the Navy base was once a boon to the local economy. But two senior Philippine officials told the AP that Subic, where a Philippine navy camp is located, was not among the current list of sites where Washington has sought access for its forces, although they suggested that could change as talks were continuing.
A year earlier, the US Air Force withdrew from Clark Air Base near Subic after nearby Mount Pinatubo roared back to life in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century and belched ash on the air base and outlying regions.
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