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(File photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - As part of the Philippine Navy (PN)'s efforts to professionalize its ranks, officers and crew members of missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) attended a damage control personnel qualification standards (DCPQS) class aimed at boosting their response in emergency situations aboard ship. "First of this year, BRP Antonio Luna convenes the DCPQS Class 03-2023 composed of 20 students (four officers, 16 enlisted personnel) on 16 January 2023," the missile frigate said in a post on its Facebook page on Wednesday night. This is the fi...
COMBAT SYSTEM BRIEFING. Navy personnel from the offshore patrol vessel BRP Ramon Alcaraz get a first hand look at the combat management system at the Naval Shield Combat Management System (NSCMS) installed in the missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) last Jan. 12 to 13. The NSCMS is considered the nerve center of the Jose Rizal-class frigates and consists of onboard sensors that detect and monitor incoming surface, air and sub-surface threats. (Photo courtesy of BRP Antonio Luna Facebook page) MANILA - Naval personnel from the offshore patrol vessel BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16) got a first-ha...
(Photo from BFP Jose Rizal Facebook page) MANILA - The Philippine Navy's (PN) first missile frigate, BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), is certified ready to perform naval missions after undergoing a three-day operational readiness evaluation (ORE) in Subic Bay, Zambales last week. The annual ORE, held on Aug. 24-26, determines the state of preparedness and effectiveness in performing its mission based on available equipment and material inventory and the readiness of its crew. The evaluation was facilitated by the ORE Team composed of 11 fleet operational readiness training and evaluation group (FO...
(Photo from BRP Jose Rizal Facebook page) MANILA - Some 18 new Philippine Navy (PN) officers received training on the modern weapon systems of the country's first-ever missile frigate, the BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150). The officers underwent a week-long training on Basic Combat Systems Officer Course which includes weapons familiarization training onboard the ship. Among the learnings included the fundamental characteristics of the K6 .50 caliber QRB heavy machine gun, remote-controlled 30mm Mk-44 Bushmaster auto-cannon, 76mm Super Rapid multi-feeding gun, triple-trainable torpedo launch system...