The Philippine Navy (PN) will participate in a US Navy-led
multilateral exercise codenamed SEACAT (Southeast Asia Cooperation and
Training) together with the navies from Brunei ,
Indonesia , Malaysia , Thailand
and Singapore
SEACAT 2015, which started Monday, marks the 14th in the
series, PN public affairs office chief Cmdr. Lued Lincuna said.
SEACAT is a scenario-driven tracking exercise which focuses
on real time information exchange between the navy units involved, coordinated
monitoring and close observation on our maritime territory, tracking suspicious
vessels, and eventual conduct of visit, board, search and seizure to the
SEACAT-controlled contact of interest or the supposed suspicious target vessel.
The field at-sea training is carried out in each country’s
territorial waters.
In the Philippines ,
the exercise will be conducted within the area of responsibility of Naval
Forces North West which is the West Philippine Sea area, in vicinity off Subic
Bay area, Manila
Lued said SEACAT 2015 will see some of the PN’s surface, air
assets and special operations units interoperating with other navies as they
aim to expand information-sharing capabilities, improve interoperability among
military, and law enforcement agencies in the region and provide opportunities
to participating navies to gain good working experience in a multilateral
environment.
Involved in this exercise are the two Philippine Navy patrol
vessels, air assets and members of the Naval Special Operations Group.
Also included is the high-speed vessel United States Navy
Ship Millinocket (JSHV-3) which is a flexible platform that can be used to
provide rapid projection of task tailored for response to a wide range of
military and civilian contingencies such as non-combatant evacuation
operations, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief.
SEACAT 2015 also aims to enhance the PN’s capability in its
fight against transnational crimes, and other maritime threats in the region.
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