Operation Fiery Vigil

Operation Fiery Vigil
Evacuees collecting supplies at Clark Air Base
Location	Philippines Clark Air Base, Luzon Subic Bay Naval Base, Zambales
Objective	Evacuate U.S. personnel in the aftermath of the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
Date	June 1991

Operation Fiery Vigil was the emergency evacuation of all non-essential military and U.S. Department of Defense civilian personnel and their dependents from Clark Air Base and U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay during the June 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Republic of the Philippines.

This Non-combatant evacuation operation transferred roughly 20,000 people from Clark Air Base and U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay back to contiguous United States by way of Cebu, Philippines. Major General William A. Studer, Commander, Thirteenth Air Force, served as Commander Joint Task Force - Fiery Vigil.^[1]