ONBOARD BRP ANDRES BONIFACIO (DWDD) – “In a few days, the Philippine Navy contingent to this year’s United States’ hosted Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises will be arriving in Hawaii — marking a major milestone in the history of PN that for the first time it has sent warships to the world’s biggest naval training”.
The Philippine Navy contingent to this year’s Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises will be arriving in Hawaii.
According to new PN Public Affairs Director Commander Jonathan Zata, this will mark as a major milestone in the history of our navy that for the first time it has sent warships to the world’s biggest naval training. The contingent is headed by Fleet Marine Ready Force commander Commodore Toribio Adaci Jr.. The ships are composed of BRP Davao del Sur (LD 602) and BRP Andres Bonifacio (FF17), with an embarked AW 109 naval helicopter, with a 700-strong Naval Task Force RIMPAC led by Capt. Alvin Baldovino.
The Philippine contingent, with Japanese Ship ISE (DDH182); India Navy Ship Sahyadri (F19); United States Ship William P Lawrence (DDG110), and Republic of Singapore Ship Tenacious (71), already passed Johnson Atoll en route to Hawaii where the actual RIMPAC 2018 exercises will be held.
Apart from those participating in the actual RIMPAC exercises, the NTF RIMPAC is further complemented by components from Civil Military Operations (CMO), training, medical, legal and students from different PN education and training schools
RIMPAC 2018 is the second International Defense and Security Engagement (IDSE) participated in by the Philippine Navy this year. The first IDSE was in Indonesia where the PN participated in the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo 2018. NPAO / MCAG
http://dwdd.com.ph/2018/06/26/rimpac-2018-pn-contingent-to-biggest-naval-training-nearing-hawaii/
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