In line with efforts to protect and secure the country's
vast maritime domains, Naval Forces North and its counterpart at the West was
merged into Naval Forces North-West, according to Naval Task Force 11 commander
Capt. Albert Mogol .
"So in line with the defense planning guidance of the
SND (Secretary of National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin) addressing common
threat, the former Naval Forces North was merged with the Naval Forces West
into Naval Forces North-West. So there are two naval task forces addressing
security concerns within the area," Mogol said on Thursday.
The merger took place July 6.
Mogol said that Naval Forces North-West has two operating
group, one of which is Naval Task Force 41 which covers the West Philippine
Sea, and Naval Task Force 11 which is responsible for patrolling Northern Luzon
waters and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions.
Mogol said that Naval Forces North-West covered maritime
domains of five regions and 24 provinces, which included Batanes.
The latter province landed in the spotlight after several
incidents of Taiwanese incursions were reported earlier.
He added that they had sufficient ships and personnel for
this mission.
"In the north we have just established our automatic
identification system in Batanes so we have already an eye in the north,"
Mogol said.
"It's a littoral observatory station, but we call it
the littoral monitoring detachment in Batanes and manned by the Philippine
Marines," he added.
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