Subic Bay – Page 107 – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: Subic Bay

This category encompass, the former Subic Bay Naval Base,-Naval Station,-Naval Air Station Cubi Point, the former Olongapo Naval Station,-the prewar Olongapo Town and the present Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) under the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).

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Ze358. This is the 1st building of the 5 former Transient Personnel Unit (TPU) buildings; it is used now as a parking place.

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Ze357. The former Transient Personnel Unit (TPU), this picture shows only the last 4 buildings. The 2nd building is used by the Land Transportation Office and I register my car here every yew and renew my driver license. Other government offices use the other buildings.

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Ze348. The USS Midway CV-41 is entering Subic Bay in 1982 with the profile of the mountains behind Olongapo City. A starboard quarter view of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) entering Subic Bay assisted by two tugs.

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Ze347. This is the Cubic Point Naval Air Station Barracks and Administrative Facilities in 1982. The Leyte Wharf and area has become a grain port. The officer Club was used 1996 for the APEC Meeting and President Clinton was here. The Officer Beach is gone and is now a Container Port. The whole former base is now called the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) and is managed by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). The barracks rooms are rented out as apartments.

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Ze346. This is the Cubic Point Naval Air Station Barracks and Administrative Facilities in 1982.Aerial view of housing areas and other facilities.

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Ze351. The former Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger has visited the Philippines before. Here is a picture of some of the officers of General MacArthur’s intelligence Staff, can you spot him-he is in the middle of the front row. This picture came from the father of the webmaster of these web pages, the father an Australian enlisted man was also part of that intelligence staff:

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Ze350. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger is visiting Cubi Point Naval Air Station in 1982. He helped President Reagan make America strong again. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger (center) is escorted to the air terminal building at Arthur W. Radford Field, after his arrival for a visit.