•HRES 156 IH 
Whereas, since February 18, 2000, the Armed Forces of the 
Philippines and Guam National Guard have maintained 
an enduring partnership under the State Partnership 
Program; 
Whereas the United States Indo-Pacific Command, serving as 
the primary Geographic Combatant Command for the 
Guam National Guard and the Armed Forces of the Phil-
ippines, has provided oversight and support for the State 
Partnership Program; 
Whereas the Philippines was the first established USPACOM 
partner country in collaboration with Guam and Hawaii; 
Whereas the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Guam Na-
tional Guard’s State Partnership Program aims to foster 
regional friendship, strengthen mutual understanding, 
and promote regional security in the Indo-Pacific; 
Whereas, over the past 25 years, the Armed Forces of the 
Philippines and the Guam National Guard have collabo-
rated in joint training exercises, including disaster risk 
management and emergency response, and critical infra-
structure projects, and in recent years, the Guam Na-
tional Guard has provided the Armed Forces of the Phil-
ippines with information on Guam’s Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps Program in order to assist the Armed 
Forces of the Philippines in crafting its own program; 
Whereas the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Guam Na-
tional Guard’s State Partnership Program enables a 
strengthened United States military presence in the Phil-
ippines through the increased rotation of United States 
military personnel and assistance devoted to strength-
ening the territorial defense and humanitarian and mari-
time operations of the Philippines; 
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•HRES 156 IH 
Whereas, from June 6–10 2024, the Armed Forces of the 
Philippines and Guam National Guard’s State Partner-
ship Program conducted a joint mass-casualty field train-
ing exercise; 
Whereas, on June 15, 2023, Members of the Armed Forces 
of the Philippines conducted a joint mass-casualty exer-
cise with the Guam National Guard’s State Partnership 
Program on Mactan Island, Philippines; 
Whereas, on September 14, 2014, a turnover ceremony was 
held for infrastructures devasted by natural disasters and 
subsequently rebuilt through the joint efforts of the 
Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Guam National 
Guard, and the Hawaii National Guard, under the State 
Partnership Program; 
Whereas these exercises have strategic value for the United 
States and the Philippines, increase confidence in the al-
liance, and provide opportunities for operational coopera-
tion to advance shared security priorities; 
Whereas the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Guam Na-
tional Guard’s State Partnership Program serves as a de-
terrent against increasing aggression by the People’s Re-
public of China in the South China Sea; 
Whereas the 25th anniversary of this partnership serves as 
a testament to the success of the State Partnership Pro-
gram in enhancing United States-Philippine relations, 
promoting regional security, and ensuring our shared 
commitment of a free and open Indo-Pacific; and 
Whereas the Republic of the Philippines has been recognized 
with awards for joint military operations carried out in 
cooperation with the United States, and acts of heroism 
and service: Now, therefore, be it 
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•HRES 156 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the cooperation and beneficial re-
lationship between the Republic of the Philippines 
and the State of Guam and the steadfast partner-
ship between the Republic of the Philippines and the 
United States over the past 25 years through the 
State Partnership Program; 
(2) expresses appreciation for the commitment 
of the Armed Forces of the Republic of the Phil-
ippines to the Guam National Guard in advancing 
peace, stability, and mutual understanding; 
(3) expresses continued support for the State 
Partnership Program between the Territory of 
Guam and the Republic of the Philippines; 
(4) commends the Republic of the Philippines 
for increasing its cooperation in regional security, in-
cluding collaboration that may enhance regional de-
fense posture; 
(5) highlights the strengths of defense coopera-
tion, capability development, and the 1951 Mutual 
Defense Treaty with the Philippines; and 
(6) expresses support for possible State Part-
nership Programs between the Republic of the Phil-
ippines and other States and Territories of the 
United States, to bolster the efforts of the State 
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Partnership Program between the territory of Guam 
and the Republic of the Philippines. 
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