San Miguel was located on the South China Sea, about 26 miles (1 hour drive) north of the U.S. Naval Base at Subic Bay.
The station took its name from the small fishing barrio (village) of San Miguel, a suburb of San Antonio, in the province of Zambales, on the Philippine island of Luzon. The station covered 2,158 acres.
The first NSG Dept of NCS Philippines was located at Sangley Point. In June, 1954, the NSG Dept at U.S. Naval Communications Station, Philippines was activated and in January, 1958, the NCS and the NSG Dept moved to San Miguel.
The NSG Dept provided communications support to Commander Seventh Fleet, the ships operating in this area of operation as well as Southeast Asia until the station decommissioned in December, 1975. Company C Marine Support Battalion was co-located with the NSG Dept in San Miguel. The mission of NSG Dept and NCS Phil were transferred to NSGA Clark AB, Philippines.
In 1991, the Military Bases agreement between the U.S. and Philippine Government for the use of bases in the Philippines expired. The former Naval Communications Station at San Miguel, in San Antonio, Zambales was turned over to the Philippine Government on September 16, 1991. At which time it was renamed the Naval Station San Miguel (NSSM); and the Phillipine Navy (PN), headquartered at PN Subic Bay Naval
Base (Subic Command or SUBCOM) was designated as custodian of the Naval Station San Miguel. On December 31, 1992, PN Subic Command was deactivated and custody of the NSSM was transferred to Naval District 11. On January 6, 1993, Naval Station San Miguel became the home of the PN Naval Training Command (NTC). The Naval Training Command transferred from Fort San Felipe, Cavite to NSSM. The PN NTC recommenced training classes on September 15, 1993. On July 1, 1994, PN NTC was redesignated as the PN Naval Education and Training Command (NETC).
Source: navycthistory.com
Station HYPO 
30 December 2023 at 21:02
I flew into and out of Clark AFB on a commercial flight. I was stationed for 18 months at San Miguel during 1968-1970. As a CTT1, I was a day worker and worked in the main operations building in the operations office. I worked with a Chief Rachel and a Marine, Captain Morgan.
I believe the above picture, with the large dish antennas, was “Fort Apache” which was a mile or so, farther north of our ops. building. I was never there because it was a very limited access area.
Duty at San Miguel was not very pleasant however it was an education, so to speak.
San Miguel beer and all the girls was the best part of liberty. Most of the bars were very noisy with loud distorted jukeboxes.
Almost all Filipino’s wore shower shoes (flip-flops).
A ride in a side car attached to a Filipino’s motorcycle was a thrill!
Even more of a thrill was a ride, to Manila, on a local bus with people, live chickens, etc. Again San Miguel beer helped.
I think the only thing the Filipinos liked about Americans was our money.
LikeLike
3 January 2024 at 17:35
I was stationed at San Miguel in 1962 and 1963. I served for approximately 2 years. I extended as long as they would let me. I have some fond memories and some not so great. It was kind of like living in the Wild West out at the crossroads. I had the job of finding the guys that didn’t make it back from liberty on time. I spent a lot of hours in the building with the dish antennas and also out at the receiver sight.
LikeLike
3 February 2024 at 01:19
October 70 – Feb. 72. CTR. No a big beer drinker I saved my money for stereo components and camera gear and teak furniture. Of my 15 months orders I spent 10 months TAD (X3 ships – Ticonderoga CV-14 (deck landing in South China Sea from Cubi Point NAS), and USS Preble DLG 15 and jump over to USS Fox DLG-33 for duty at PIRAZ Gulf of Tonkin, North Vietnam off Haiphong Harbor. Different war. Air War. Nobody was counting bodies up there. Ports visited. Hong Kong X3, Singapore, Kaoshiung Taiwan, Subic Bay (basically my home base), Sattahip Thailand, Yokosuka Japan. Ticonderoga dropped off to make me way back to PI after a Shellback initiation Sunda Strait with Krakatoa in the background a week earlier.
LikeLike