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PIDS – Philippine Institute for Development Studies; PKOC-AFP – Armed Forces of the Philippines Peacekeeping Operations Center; PMA – Philippine Military Academy; PMC – Philippine Marine Corps; PMO – Privatization and Management Office [49] PN – Philippine Navy; PNA – Philippines News Agency; PNOC – Philippine National Oil Company
BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15), arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam during a scheduled port visit. (July 2011) USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS-15) is the lead ship of her class of offshore patrol vessel of the Philippine Navy.
The "base design specs" of OCEA OPV-270 includes a max speed of 20 to 30 knots, a cruising range of 4500 to 8000 nmi at 12 knots, a loiter time of 30 to 45 days. [ 10 ] Silang's "actual specs" however includes 8000 nmi cruising range at 15 knots (beyond OCEA's base design spec of 12) and can sail for up to 5 weeks (35 days) as confirmed by OCEA ...
The Philippines inaugurated a new coast guard monitoring base Friday on an island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea and plans to expand joint patrols with the United ...
An evening 30-minute News Patrol program was aired on the Kapamilya Channel until July 24, 2020. [5] On August 17, 2020, Ang sa Iyo ay Akin was the first original drama series broadcast on Kapamilya Channel and Kapamilya Online Live during the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 26 – A patrol base of a company of the 52nd Infantry Battalion in Oras, Eastern Samar, is attacked by 200 communist guerrillas; and is later burned after a 2-hour gun battle. Among the 34 who man the detachment, 11 militiamen and 5 army soldiers are killed along with a civilian, in what will reportedly be the largest NPA raid since the ...
The Butig clashes began when a supposed "foreign and local terrorist organization" (FLTO), led by the Maute brothers, harassed the 51st Infantry Battalion, which had been manning a patrol base in Barangay Bayabao on February 20, 2016. [6]
The AFPSOCOM traces its roots to the Army Special Warfare Brigade (ASWABde) that was organized in January 1978. [3] The Army Special Warfare Brigade was the first attempt to unify the specialties of two army units with the most highly trained personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Special Forces and the Scout Rangers, and structure their collective efforts into a highly ...