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Acero-class Gunboat
The ''Acero'' class is a ship class, class of patrol boat, patrol gunboats based on the Israel Shaldag V design that are in service with the Philippine Navy. History In 2019, the Philippine Navy raised a requirement to procure a new class of Fast Attack Interdiction Craft (FAIC) that would be missile-capable and are based on Israel's Shaldag-class patrol boat, Shaldag V patrol boat design, to replace the fast attack craft that had been retired from service. Israel Shipyards Ltd. had offered the Shaldag-class patrol boat, Shaldag V design to the Philippine Navy as early as 2016. Funding to pursue the proposal was not available until a few years afterwards. The Israeli design was proven to be more capable as an interdiction craft than the smaller Multipurpose Assault Craft, Multi-Purpose Attack Craft that were originally designed by a Taiwanese shipbuilder as a troop insertion assault boat, and modified in Philippine Navy service to be used as a small missile boat. Thus, when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Shipyards
Israel Shipyards is a large shipbuilding and repair facilities in the eastern Mediterranean. The company also operates a privately owned port in Israel. The company's facilities are located at the Kishon Port (part of the Port of Haifa complex). Facilities include a shiplift (syncrolift), capable lifting up to 3,000 tons, or length overall ships, and a -long quay with of water depth. History The company was founded in 1959 by the State of Israel to build both military and civilian ships, and to provide marine engineering upgrade, maintenance and repair services. In 1995, following years of underperformance and continued losses under state ownership, the company was privatized and sold to a group of local investors who, since 1998, have returned it to profitability. Israel Shipyards is controlled by the Shlomo Group (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, TASE:SHLD), a holding group owned by businessman Shlomo Shmeltzer. In May 2013 Israel Shipyard unveiled a new ‘Mini Corvette’ desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Exercise
A military exercise, training exercise, maneuver (manoeuvre), or war game is the employment of military resources in Military education and training, training for military operations. Military exercises are conducted to explore the effects of warfare or test tactics and strategies without actual combat. They also ensure the combat readiness of garrisoned or deployable forces prior to deployment from a home base. While both war games and military exercises aim to simulate real conditions and scenarios for the purpose of preparing and analyzing those scenarios, the distinction between a war game and a military exercise is determined, primarily, by the involvement of actual military forces within the simulation, or lack thereof. Military exercises focus on the simulation of real, full-scale military operations in controlled hostile conditions in attempts to reproduce war time decisions and activities for training purposes or to analyze the outcome of possible war time decisions. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BRP Albert Majini
BRP ''Albert Majini'' is an patrol vessel of the Philippine Navy. The first vessel of her kind to be assembled in the Philippines, she is named after AFP Medal of Valor recipient Albert Majini. History BRP ''Albert Majini'' is one of the nine ships procured by the Philippine military from Israel Shipyards Ltd.. These vessels are fast attack interdiction craft missile (FAIC-M) ships falling under the . Built at the naval shipyard at the Naval Station Pascual Ledesma in Cavite City. ''Albert Majini'' is hailed as the "first in-country" FAIC-M vessel assembled in the Philippines. Six ''Acero''-class ships were already in service prior to the assembly of ''Albert Majini''. She is the eighth overall ''Acero'' vessel. ''Albert Majini'' formally had her launching ceremony on 12 November 2024. On 20 May 2025, ''Albert Majini'' alongside was commissioned at the Naval Operating Base in Subic Bay in commemoration of the Philippine Navy's 127th anniversary. ''Albert Majini'' is now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BRP Laurence Narag (PG-907)
BRP ''Laurence Narag'' (PG-907) is the sixth ship of the patrol gunboat of the Philippine Navy. She was commissioned on 21 May 2024, just before the Philippine Navy's 126th Anniversary. Namesake Corporal Laurence Narag Sr., PN (Marines) was a Philippine Marine Corps enlisted personnel and a posthumous recipient of the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Medal of Valor. Corporal Narag served as a radioman with 61st Marine Company, Force Reconnaissance Battalion during the 2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. In a military operation in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, Corporal Narag conducted reconnaissance on an entrenched MILF position but was detected and drew sniper fire. He was eventually wounded but managed to establish contact with a Philippine Air Force OV-10 Bronco and was able to coordinate close air support. A hospital corpsman, Corporal Ernesto Layaguin attempted to come to his aid but was himself wounded and eventually hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BRP Herminigildo Yurong (PG-906)
BRP ''Herminigildo Yurong'' (PG-906) is the fifth ship of the patrol gunboat of the Philippine Navy. She was commissioned on 21 May 2024, just before the Philippine Navy's 126th Anniversary. Namesake Staff Sergeant Herminigildo Yurong, PN (Marines) was a Philippine Marine Corps enlisted personnel and a posthumous recipient of the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Medal of Valor. Staff Sergeant Yurong served as a platoon sergeant with Marine Battalion Landing Team-2's Special operations-capable unit during the 2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. In a military operation in Matanog, Maguindanao, Staff Sgt. Yurong led an assault against a numerically superior enemy force, but was killed in action when a rocket-propelled grenade round exploded nearby. History In 2019, the Philippine Navy The Philippine Navy (PN) () is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It has an estimated strength of 24, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BRP Domingo Deluana (PG-905)
BRP ''Domingo Deluana'' (PG-905) is fourth ship of the class of the ''Acero-class patrol gunboat, Acero-class'' Patrol boat, patrol gunboat of the Philippine Navy. She was commissioned during the 125th Philippine Navy Anniversary on May 26, 2023. Namesake Sergeant Domingo Deluana, PN (Marines) was a Philippine Marine Corps enlisted personnel and a posthumous recipient of the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medal of Valor, Medal of Valor. Sergeant Deluana served with the 9th Marine Battalion during the 2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. In a military operation in Matanog, Maguindanao, Deluana and Marine officer Lieutenant Lolinato To-ong were themselves wounded while providing suppressive fire to cover the medical evacuation of wounded fellow Marines. Despite their wounds, they continued manoeuvring and providing cover fire until a rocket propelled grenade blast hit the pair. Sgt. Deluana and Lt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BRP Gener Tinangag (PG-903)
BRP ''Gener Tinangag'' (PG-903) is third ship of the class of the ''Acero-class'' patrol gunboat of the Philippine Navy. She was commissioned during the 125th Philippine Navy Anniversary on May 26, 2023. Namesake Corporal Gener Tinangag, PN (Marines) was a Philippine Marine Corps enlisted personnel and a posthumous recipient of the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Medal of Valor. Then Private First Class Tinangag was an assistant automatic rifleman with the Special Operations Platoon (SOP), Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT)-5.https://malaya.com.ph/news_news/marine-posthumously-awarded-medal-of-valor/ His unit was among the initial responders to the Marawi crisis, and on June 9, 2017, MBLT-5 reinforced other Marine units in the vicinity of Mapandi Bridge in Lilod Madaya, Marawi City. PFC Tinangag and three other comrades were tasked with extricating dead and wounded Marines. When his companions went on a break, he decided to strike out on his own. His ef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BRP Lolinato To-ong (PG-902)
BRP ''Lolinato To-ong'' (PG-902) is second ship of the class of the of the Philippine Navy. She was commissioned with the Philippine Navy on 28 November 2022 and is currently in active service with the Littoral Combat Force, Philippine Fleet. Namesake First Lieutenant Lolinato To-ong, PN (Marines) was a Philippine Marine Corps officer and a posthumous recipient of the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medal of Valor, Medal of Valor. Then-First Lieutenant To-ong served with the 52nd Marine Company of the Force Reconnaissance Battalion during the 2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. In a military operation in Matanog, Maguindanao, To-ong and Enlisted rank, enlisted Marine Domingo Deluana were themselves wounded while providing suppressive fire to cover the medical evacuation of wounded fellow Marines. Despite their wounds, they continued manoeuvring and providing cover fire until an Rocket-propelled g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BRP Nestor Acero (PG-901)
BRP ''Nestor Acero'' (PG-901) is lead ship of the patrol gunboats of the Philippine Navy. She was commissioned with the Philippine Navy on 28 November 2022 and is currently in active service with the Littoral Combat Force, Philippine Fleet. Namesake Private First Class Nestor Acero, Nestor F. Acero, PN (Marines) was an Enlisted rank, enlisted Marine of the Philippine Marine Corps and a recipient the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medal of Valor, Medal of Valor. Acero was assigned as rifleman in the 7th Marine Company in Jolo, Sulu on 26–27 November 1972 when his company along with the 8th Marine Company assaulted a hill defended by approximately 500 Moro people, Moro rebels. The marines encountered heavy resistance and took casualties. A withdrawal was eventually ordered from Battalion level. Acero however, was nursing a wounded comrade and elected to cover the withdrawal of the rest of his unit. He was killed in action. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Standard
The ''Manila Standard'' is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines which, as of 2017, is owned by the Romualdez family. The Romualdezes, through incumbent speaker of the House Martin Romualdez, also own Journal Publications, Inc., the owner of tabloid papers '' People's Journal'' and ''People's Tonight''. Initially established as the ''Manila Standard'' in 1987, it merged with another newspaper, ''Today'', on March 6, 2005, and became the ''Manila Standard Today'' (MST). In 2015, the newspaper renamed itself as ''The Standard'' (temporarily ''The New Standard''), before reverting to its original name in 2016. History The ''Manila Standard'' was founded on February 11, 1987. The offices were then located at the bustling Ayala Avenue in the Makati CBD. In 1989, the group of Andres Soriano III bought out the Elizalde group and renamed the company Kagitingan Publications and relocated the offices in the Port Area, Manila. In June 1991, the group of businessman Alfonso Yuch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies. History Pre-steam era In the age of sail, a gunboat was usually a small undecked vessel carrying a single smoothbore cannon in the bow, or just two or three such cannons. A gunboat could carry one or two masts or be oar-powered only, but the single-masted version of about length was most typical. Some types of gunboats carried two cannon, or else mounted a number of swivel guns on the railings. The small gunboat had advantages: if it only carried a single cannon, the boat could manoeuvre in shallow or restricted areas – such as rivers or lakes – where larger ships could sail only with difficulty. The gun that such boats carried could be quite heavy; a 32-pounder for instance. As such boats were cheap and quick to build, naval forces favoured swarm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
