The Philippine Navy (PN) reactivated two of its operational
commands, Naval Forces Northern Luzon (NFNL) and Naval Forces West (NFW),
during short ceremonies Friday.
This took place at PN headquarters in Naval Station Jose
Andrada, Roxas Boulevard ,
Manila
PN flag-officer-in-command Vice Admiral Caesar Taccad
presided in the reactivation ceremonies, said Navy public affairs office chief
Lt. Cmdr. Marineth Domingo
The reconstitution of NFNL and NFW signified the reversion
of PN to its previous organizational set-up prior the establishment of Naval
Forces North West (NFNW) on May last year as a result of the merger of the two
naval forces.
NFW, located in Puerto
Princesa City ,
Palawan, is under the command of Commodore Danilo R. Rodelas while NFNL in San Fernando City
The reconstitution followed after PN headquarters approved
the nullification of NFNW which was then established in the rationale of
employing PN forces in the pro-active control of the country's seas and the
denial of its use to an adversary.
While the basis of merging NFNL and NFW to form NFNW last
year remains valid, the PN decided to reactivate the two naval forces on the
thrust of Higher Headquarters and Unified Commands (UCs) to have a more focused
naval operations in their respective area of responsibility.
On this end, both UCs, the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM)
and Western Command (WESCOM), will have distinct naval components to better
respond to their territorial defense and humanitarian assistance and disaster
response operations, while continuing their current internal security
operations campaign.
"The PN is a dynamic institution. In the midst of
evolving and expanding maritime concerns, transformation and reorganization are
continually implemented for it to become a naval force that is adaptive to the
emerging and ever changing challenges, while equipping its components with the
necessary tools to effectively and efficiently perform its mandates,"
Domingo added.
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