14 April 2015 - Philippine Consul General Gina Jamoralin received Philippine and United States military officials on April 04, led by the Commanding General of the Philippine AFP Army Lt. General Hernando DCA Iriberri, Col. Cornelio Valencia and Col. Adriano Perez, both from the  Philippine Army, and Major General James Pasquerette, Deputy Commander, US Army Pacific (USARPAC), who paid a courtesy call at the Philippine Consulate. Accompanying them were LTC Kristin Means of USARPAC; 1Lt. Glaiza Roncal, Philippine Army and aide de camp; and Capt. Rey dela Cruz, PN and AFP Philippine Liaison Officer to US PACOM.

General Irriberi is currently in Hawaii to meet his United States counterpart to plan and discuss  future Philippines-US joint activities  as part of the annual Philippines-US “Balikatan” joint military excercises, in line with the Philippine-United States Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) and the Philippines-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).

The Philippines-US Mutual Defense Treaty was  signed on 30 August 1951 in Washington, D.C., while the Philippines-US Visiting Forces Agreement was signed on 10February 1998 in Manila. These bilateral treaties underpin the strong Philippines-US defense and security ties. END