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Philippine Navy (PN) missile-capable frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) notched the third place among 17 participating multinational warships in the Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) Rodeo of the at-sea phase of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Thu
(Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - The Philippine Navy (PN) on Friday announced that the sea phase of this year's "Rim of the Pacific" (RIMPAC) exercise started on July 12 with missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) now underway along with other participating warships. "PN frigate BRP Antonio Luna, carrying Naval Task Group 80.5 led by Captain Charles Merric Villanueva, gets underway on July 12, 2022 to join 37 other ships, four submarines, 170 aircraft, and more than 25,000 personnel in the conduct of the at-sea phase training of the ongoing RIMPAC Exercise 2022," Navy spokesperson Commander Benjo Negranza said in a statement. This year's RIMPAC is scheduled from June 29 to August 4. Filipino sailors began the first day of the at-sea phase with serialized training which included tactical maneuvers; gunnery exercises (GUNNEX), and raid exercises (RAIDEX). RIMPAC is the world's premier and largest joint and combined naval exercise hosted by t
Department of National Defense (DND) Senior Undersecretary and Officer-in-Charge Jose Faustino Jr. spelled out the Commander-in-Chief’s order for the military to defend every part of the country’s maritime territory in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The Army, through its spokesman Col. Xerxes Trinidad, said Faustino emphasized the marching order of…
LIGHT MOMENT. Members of the contingents of the Philippine Navy and Mexican Navy pose for a photo opportunity during a cross-decking activity aboard the Mexican Navy's missile frigate ARM Juarez on July 7, 2022. The activity held on the sidelines of the ongoing RIMPAC 2022 in Hawaii enabled the Philippine contingent to showcase a taste of Filipino cuisine to its foreign counterparts. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - The Philippine Navy (PN) and Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico) contingents to the ongoing Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in Hawaii conducted a cross-decking activity last July 7. In a statement Monday, PN spokesperson Commander Benjo Negranza said the Mexican contingent which visited the BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) was headed by the commanding officer of missile frigate ARM Juarez (F-101), Capt. Alberto Ortega Padilla. "They (were) welcomed by the commanding officer of BRP Antonio Luna and the commander of the Naval Task Group 80.5, Captain Charles Me