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(Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - The Philippine Navy (PN) on Friday announced that the sea phase of this year's "Rim of the Pacific" (RIMPAC) exercise started on July 12 with missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) now underway along with other participating warships. "PN frigate BRP Antonio Luna, carrying Naval Task Group 80.5 led by Captain Charles Merric Villanueva, gets underway on July 12, 2022 to join 37 other ships, four submarines, 170 aircraft, and more than 25,000 personnel in the conduct of the at-sea phase training of the ongoing RIMPAC Exercise 202...

LIGHT MOMENT. Members of the contingents of the Philippine Navy and Mexican Navy pose for a photo opportunity during a cross-decking activity aboard the Mexican Navy's missile frigate ARM Juarez on July 7, 2022. The activity held on the sidelines of the ongoing RIMPAC 2022 in Hawaii enabled the Philippine contingent to showcase a taste of Filipino cuisine to its foreign counterparts. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - The Philippine Navy (PN) and Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico) contingents to the ongoing Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in Hawaii conducted a cross-decking act...

The Philippine Navy's (PN) delegates to the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2022 were making the most of their participation to the world's largest maritime drills. Commander Benjo Negranza, PN spokesperson, said the medical component of the Naval Task Group (NTG) 80.5 attended medical sympo

JUST ARRIVED. Capt. Mark Sohaney (left), commander of Pearl Harbor Hickam Base, welcomes Capt. Charles Merric Villanueva (right), BRP Antonio Luna commanding officer and Naval Task Group (NTG) 80.5 head, in Hawaii on Saturday (June 25, 2022). The BRP Antonio Luna is set to participate in this year's Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise slated for June 29 to Aug. 4. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - The BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151), the Philippines' second guided-missile frigate, has arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam in Hawaii on June 25 (local time), ahead of this year&...

CROSSING THE IDL. Philippine Navy personnel aboard the BRP Antonio Luna dress as 'pollywogs' during the line-crossing rites after the ship crossed the International Date Line on Wednesday (June 22, 2022). The ceremony, which is also observed when crossing the equator, serves as an initiation rite and marks a milestone in every sailor's life. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - Officers and enlisted personnel of missile-frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) held the ancient naval tradition of line-crossing ceremony upon passing through the International Date Line (IDL) on Wedne...