Filipinos Enthusiastically Welcome US Military Personnel

More than two decades ago, the U.S. Navy closed it largest overseas base — Subic Bay in the Philippines. Filipinos resented the specter of American colonization at the base and had tired of servicemen causing trouble in hostess bars just off the base. But now the U.S. Navy is back and local people welcome the return of military personnel. For more than a year now U.S. military personnel have returned to visit their former base at Subic Bay in the Philippines. But it’s not like the...

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