Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Andres Centino has vowed to provide all possible support to troops manning and protecting the country’s northernmost frontier during his visit to Batanes this week.
flag at the Fishermen’s Shelter in Mavulis Island, the country’s northernmost island in Batanes province where a naval detachment is also located. They also a visited the naval detachment in Itbayat town and the headquarters of the 10th Marine Company in Basco, the provincial capital. The Chief of Staff and senior officers of the General Headquarters and the Northern Luzon Command later spent the night aboard BRP Tarlac .
This came after Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko paid a courtesy call to Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. at the DND headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Thursday. He added: “I do these visits alongside our most senior staff to personally assess the morale and welfare of our personnel and the condition of our facilities in these remote locations.This was followed by a visit to the naval detachment in Itbayat, the largest island in Batanes, and to the headquarters of the 10th Marine Company in Basco, also in the same province.
The country’s top diplomat said this included the acquisition of naval assets, and expansion of training and joint exercises on maritime security and disaster response, among others.
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