The Naval
Forces Northern Luzon (NFNL), the operational Command of the Philippine Navy in
Northern Luzon has just concluded the conduct of a small-scale Naval Exercise
code-named SAGEX 02-12 last August 14 to 16, 2012 at the waters of West
Philippine Sea.
The Naval
Exercise aims to test the capability of naval vessels under NFNL in conducting
naval operations at sea under adverse and heavy weather and sea conditions to
accomplish its Territorial Defense Mission in protecting Philippine territorial
waters.
The scenario
is based on the concept of maneuvers along critical sea lanes of the West
Philippine Sea and it involved the conduct of Patrol, Simulated Tracking of
Targets and Interdiction and capped by live firing exercises.
More than
one hundred (100) Sailors and Marines, and three (3) naval vessels namely the
BRP GREGORIO DEL PILAR (PF15), BRP RAJAH HUMABON (PF11) and BRP LIBERATO PICAR
(PG-377), participated in the exercise under Naval Task Force (NTF) 11.
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