CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines — Cheers, handshakes and shared stories filled the air Sept. 23–25 as the Hawai‘i National Guard and Armed Forces of the Philippines celebrated 25 years of partnership — a bond that has endured typhoons, crises and global challenges to become the Indo-Pacific’s longest-running State Partnership.
“This 25-year partnership is the first and longest continuous State Partnership in the Indo-Pacific,” said Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan, Hawai‘i’s adjutant general. “It’s a quarter-century of steady engagement, cooperation and deep friendship.”
The anniversary, observed Sept. 25 at Clark, highlighted how the partnership has grown from a handshake in 2000 into more than 400 engagements across cyber defense, aviation, medical readiness, air defense and disaster response.