The Philippine Navy (PN) said Sunday, Oct. 6, that the morale of its Naval Special Operations Command (NAVSOCOM) was boosted after Vice President Sara Duterte expressed her support to the unit recently.
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Duterte praised the “great soldiers” of NAVSOCOM when she served
BRP Antonio Luna (File photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - The Philippine Navy (PN) is poised to be at par with its regional counterparts through the acquisition of more modern warships in the coming years, its acting chief said on Thursday. "In five years time, when the arrival of the seven more Acero-class gunboats, the new construction landing docks, the new generation corvettes, offshore patrol vessels, the average age of our seagoing platforms will be 10 years old. Comparable and even better than our maritime neighbors," PN acting flag-officer-in-command Rear Adm. Caesar Bernard Valencia said in his assumption speech at the Navy headquarters. Valencia referred to the warships that were procured as part of the PN's modernization program. To date, the Navy is now equipped with two brand-new missile-armed frigates, two landing docks, two anti-submarine helicopters, and 12 multi-purpose attack craft, six of which are now equipped with the Israeli-made Spike-ER su
Vice Adm. Adeluis Bordado has retired as the Flag Officer in Command (FOIC) of the Philippine Navy (PN), capping off a 38-year career in the military service.
Vice Adm. Adeluis Bordado delivers speech during his retirement as the 39th Flag Officer in Command of the Philippine Navy (PN) on Sept.
The Philippine Navy's (PN) Philippine Fleet (PF) officially concluded this year's iteration of Exercise "Pagbubuklod," its unilateral training activity, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, in its headquarters at the Naval Base Heracleo Alano in Sangley Point, Cavite.
Philippine Fleet personnel conduct photo exe
The Philippine Navy (PN) assembled a 19-ship humanitarian aid-focused flotilla that sailed to different areas in Visayas and Mindanao to help rebuild communities that were destroyed by typhoon “Odette.”
(Courtesy of Philippine Fleet) On the orders of Vice Admiral Adeluis Bordado, PN Flag Office