Five officers from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) were among the 22 international participants who recently completed a six-week maritime course at the US Coast Guard (USCG) Training Center in Yorktown, Virginia.
Commander Lejanie Dy, Commander Vincent Laca, Captain Christine Pauline Diciano, Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Formentos Jr., Lieutenant Kimmy Carrie Necesario of the Philippine Coast Guard
They joined other students from Malta, Morocco, The Gambia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Georgia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Croatia, Mozambique, Bahrain, Jordan, and Mauritius. “The course examines policies, plans, systems, and information gathering to identify maritime threats/events. Field study programs in Washington, DC and New York also allowed the international maritime students to gain essential knowledge for implementing a national-level, strategically focused MDA plan,” the PCG said.
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