The office of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. named the four additional bases that United States forces would have access to. The decision comes under an existing defense pact to expand military cooperation. The Philippine government announced in February that it would allow rotating batches of US forces to indefinitely stay in the new camps, in addition to five local bases.
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