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Philippine Coast Guard, US counterpart hold joint search and rescue exercises off Bataan

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard and its US counterpart conducted joint search and rescue (SAR) exercises off Mariveles, Bataan. According to the PCG, the two-day event that included  communication exercises, maneuvering drills, photo exercises, flashing exercises, publication exercises, boarding operations,  and more took place on Sept. 2 and 3. During the second day of the joint exercise, for instance, the PCG’s 83-meter offshore patrol vessel, BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301), responded to a “distress […]