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PN gets seven brand-new watercraft from the US; 7 new utility boats and 2 Boston Whalers
Topic Started: Dec 5 2007, 04:01 PM (2,789 Views)
adrian_yamato
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spearhead
Dec 29 2007, 04:43 AM
oo nga eh kasama ka na dun! kasi linahat mo na eh...

ang mga bobo at gago talaga ay yung mga nasa gobyerno natin na hindi marunong magpatakbo ng bansa natin. kaya tuloy wala na tayong magamit na pera sa pambili ng mga hi-tech weapons and military equipments, kasi NABULSA NA KAMO NG MGA SENADOR AT CONGRESSMEN NA NAGNANAKAW SA PORK BARREL AT IBA PA!

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spearhead,


It's not bad, just used it on river patrol, armed it with 50 Cal. machinegun & deploy it in Mindanao.
"There's only one Government, one Armed Forces, one Contitution, & one Filipino people"

-word of then Gen. Angelo T. Reyes during the Mindanao war against the MILF & Abu Sayaff-

"The Army is like a cooked Spaggetti, You can't push it, you have to pull it after you"

-Gen George S. Patton-
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Those boats can be a big help for the soldiers in Mindanao by transporting their needs in the battlefield...
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hey man shut up :btt:
"No sacrifice is too great in the service of freedom."

“As long as we are not willing to provide an adequate, suitable and capable defense for this country, we will be oppressed, demeaned and dishonored. We will be the stepping mat of every country in this region,”(Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile)

“Just because we are a very weak country militarily, we should not be taken advantage of by more powerful countries" (Senate committee on national defense and security chairman Panfilo Lacson)
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adrian_yamato
Dec 29 2007, 06:12 PM
spearhead
Dec 29 2007, 04:43 AM
oo nga eh kasama ka na dun! kasi linahat mo na eh...

ang mga bobo at gago talaga ay yung mga nasa gobyerno natin na hindi marunong magpatakbo ng bansa natin.  kaya tuloy wala na tayong magamit na pera sa pambili ng mga hi-tech weapons and military equipments, kasi NABULSA NA KAMO NG MGA SENADOR AT CONGRESSMEN NA NAGNANAKAW SA PORK BARREL AT IBA PA!

:headbang:

spearhead,


It's not bad, just used it on river patrol, armed it with 50 Cal. machinegun & deploy it in Mindanao.

ok. basta ikaw eh. :thumb:
"Men of War must learn the art of numbers or he will not know how to array his troops." - Plato

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Dec 29 2007, 10:34 PM
hey man shut up  :btt:

oh im scared :scared:

Happy New year dude! And to all of you hee, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! New year na sa pinas ngayon, putukan time!!!
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we shouldnt let our pride be hurt when we are given these crafts by the US. to me, and for the ill equipped PN,these cratfs will serve well, ferrying troops and supplies is important as combat duty boats. Forget arming them with any big guns and stuff, these are utility boats for goodness sakes.

We should be thankfu to the US for this boats, cause theyre aint any other navy giving us a bigger boat di ba?If im gonna be pissed about anything, is because were selling our rights to the super powers, whether US or any other, in exchange for theyre bullyimg. Better receive a utility boat without any strings, than a destroyer with all the conditions that will tie us up. Its not the US responsibility to arm us up to our teeths, its the AFP and the governmets duty to secure and defend the people.

to the AFP, buy and fast track those planned and stalled combat hulls! :fire: :fire: :fire:
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How the USN used some of those boats in the Philippines

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‘Band-Aids’ a quick patch for the sick

By Laura M. Seal
MSC Public Affairs
USNS Mercy

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During a five-month deployment to Southeast Asia, medical teams and crew return to hospital ship USNS Mercy via one of the two Band-Aid boats following a day of providing medical, dental and veterinary care to the Zamboanga region of the Phillipines. Creative civil service mariner crew members found and refurbished two standard Navy utility boats in San Diego, naming the previously unused boats Band-Aid 1 and Band-Aid 2.
Chief Mass Communications Specialist Edward G. Martens, photo




I'll take 'em," said Michael Keller, pointing to two standard Navy utility boats that had been sitting unused in a San Diego boatyard since they were built in 1993.

The boats were considered outdated, but Keller saw potential for a very special mission.

This was February 2006, and Keller, a civil service mariner for Military Sealift Command, was in San Diego preparing hospital ship USNS Mercy for its upcoming four-month humanitarian mission in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia.

"When Mercy responded to the December 2004 tsunami by deploying to Southeast Asia, we learned some valuable lessons about the logistics of transporting patients and medical staff to and from the ship," said Keller, who was chief mate on the mission and fulfills the same role now.

We had helicopters, but we were also very successful at transporting doctors, patients and cargo with RHIB (rigid-hull inflatable boats) boats," said Keller.

Building on that experience, Keller took the initiative to acquire the two boats, known affectionately as the ‘Band-Aids,' for use. Transferred to Mercy, these boats proved to be a key component in the success of the current mission.

Keller is one of 66 federally employed mariners who operated and navigated the ship while military personnel, Seabees and volunteers from non-governmental organizations teamed up with local doctors to provide much-needed treatment to patients and infrastructure improvements to hospitals in the Phillipines, Indonesia, Bangladesh and East Timor.

But Mercy's doctors and nurses couldn't treat patients that they couldn't get to. Since Mercy's missions were scheduled in places with no existing ports, the ship had to anchor offshore. This was where the mariners and the Band-Aid boats came in.

"The Band-Aid boats are wonderful," said Navy Capt. Joseph Moore, commander of Mercy's Medical Treatment Facility. "We would not have been able to treat nearly the number of people that we have without them."

Each Band-Aid boat can carry about 45 passengers, three times the number that can be moved by either of the two helicopters on board Mercy.

In 64 days of operations at nine stops in the Philippines, Indonesia and East Timor, the boats transported more than 7,000 people and medical and building equipment to and from the ship. The boats were not used in Bangladesh, because the ship operated too far offshore.

Painted white by Mercy's mariners, the Band-Aids, like the ship that they support, are marked with red crosses. Each one also has the likeness of a Band-Aid bandage painted on the steering column, one with a "1" painted in the center of the bandage and the other with a "2."

Every Day, Without Fail

Preparations for Band-Aid boat operations began before sunrise around 5 a.m. On the first day in each location the pontoon ramp was lowered and attached to the ship so that passengers could safely load and unload.

Each boat was assigned three mariners: two from the deck department to steer and operate the boat and one from the engineering department to monitor and repair the engine if necessary.
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Civilian mariner Dale Witham lifts a patient out of one of the Band-Aid boats with the help of civilian mariners Tim Christensen, left, Daniel DeLeon, back, and Navy personnel.
Chief Mass Communications Specialist Doon Bray, photo

Keller, Third Mate Richard Paramore, able seamen Dale Witham and Timothy Wheelock and Boatswain Mate Renato "Speedy" Gonzalez were the regular drivers. Engine utilitymen Michael Sarne, Jun Panganiban and Virgilio Abad and deck machinists Jamie Boniog and Daniel DeLeon were the engineers.

Before the boats were lowered into the water, the engineers checked fuel, oil and water. The process of lowering the boats and assembling the pontoon ramp could be dangerous, particularly in rough seas, but under the watchful eye of Boatswain Tommy Payne, there were no major incidents during these operations.

Each morning around 6:30, the first of more than 100 mission personnel begin boarding the Band-Aids.

On most days, from the first early-morning run through the last late-in-the-evening run, the Band-Aids ferried passengers non-stop from ship to shore and back again. This added up to 12- to 16-hour days for the mariners who crewed the boats.

"They were long days, but I loved it. It was really good to help all of those people," said Paramore.

Unfaltering energy was not all that the mariners required to run the boats. "The real key was the seamanship of the people doing the boating," said Navy Capt. Bradley Martin, the humanitarian mission commander.

The mariners on board the Band-Aid boats had to approach piers in unfamiliar and uncharted waters, sometimes in rough seas.

On their first trip out, the mariners had to move carefully through the water, slowly tracking the best route by trial and error.

In Banda Aceh, Indonesia, as the tide went out in the afternoon and the waters changed, Paramore and Witham got advice on the best route back to the ship by using hand gestures to talk to a local fisherman. They discussed how deep into the water the boat was, and the fisherman showed them the way.

A Friendly Face

Not only did the mariners in the Band-Aid Boats transport patients, they provided them with care and support as they and their loved ones made the journey to Mercy for treatment. For those patients unfamiliar with hospitals, ships and the English language, this journey was a huge leap of faith.

"The mariners were remarkable in the amount of sensitivity and care that they have shown in helping people to get on and off the ship," said Martin. "They served as excellent ambassadors for Mercy."

Witham is a giant of a man, and with a bandana tied around his head, he is a rather imposing figure. But a certain softness in his face reassured passengers boarding the boat. He stood on its edge reaching up to people boarding and held them steady.

"You had to let them go at their own speed," said Witham. "If you rushed them, they wouldn't feel comfortable. Some people wanted to climb in on their own and some people we had to lift in."

Even the engineers on the Band Aid boats turned their eyes from the gauges they monitored to check on the patients in addition to the motor.

In June, a young woman a Band-Aid boat in Zamboanga, Philippines, began to cry. Her body temperature was so high that her face was beet red. Mariner Virgilio Abad knelt down in front of her and asked in her native language, "What is it?" "Can I get you some water?" She couldn't respond. "It will just be 20 minutes to the ship," he said, and for that 20 minutes he stayed by her side and reassured her.

In the Philippines, Filipino mariners like Abad, Gonzalez, Sarne and DeLeon were able to further ease the worries of passengers by speaking to them in their own language.

"It was like going home to help my own people," said Abad.

These are just some examples of the empathy and individual care that the civil service mariners working on these boats have shown to the local people.

The medical personnel on this mission saw more than 60,000 patients both on the ship and at local hospitals ashore.


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Civilian mariner Dale Witham lifts a patient out of one of the Band-Aid boats with the help of civilian mariners Tim Christensen, left, Daniel DeLeon, back, and Navy personnel.
Chief Mass Communications Specialist Doon Bray, photo


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Lets Hope... :crawling:
That time will come...
that we Filipinos can build our own War Ship, rather than just...
asking donations from other countries... :crawling: :crawling:


We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender

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