The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) formally opened the AFP Joint Train (AJEX) “DAGIT-PA” 2022 at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon Metropolis on Monday, Nov. 7, which will likely be attended by greater than 1,500 energetic and reserve army forces.
Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro, AFP Chief of Workers, presided over the opening ceremony of the AJEX DAGIT-PA and underscored the significance of making certain the interoperability of the most important service items of the armed forces.
DAGIT PA, which stands for “dagat, langit, lupa” (sea, sky, land), is an AFP-wide train that integrates the operational capabilities of the Philippine Army (PA), Philippine Navy (PN), Philippine Air Drive (PAF), and Particular Operations Forces to ensure they will work collectively throughout at-sea, on air, and land missions.
“In gentle of the prevailing complexities of our home and world safety atmosphere, it’s crucial that we, within the AFP, proceed to strengthen our joint working idea,” Bacarro stated.
The AFP Chief emphasised that the Army, Navy, Air Drive, and Special Forces ought to constantly improve their interoperability and cohesive employment of their varied competencies particularly throughout safety operations, catastrophe response, and group growth efforts.
This 12 months’s iteration of AJEX DAGIT-PA will likely be held within the joint operational space of the Western Command (WESCOM) in Palawan till Nov. 18.
Brig. Gen. Marvin Licudine, commander of AFP Training Coaching and Doctrine Command (ETDC), will function the train director of DAGIT-PA.
Among the many important occasions that may happen within the AJEX DAGIT-PA embody air protection/counter-air operations, maritime safety operations, amphibious operations, mixed arms dwell hearth workouts, city operations, and concrete warfare.
Apart from personnel from the Army, Navy, Air Drive, and Particular Operations Command, the occasion can even be attended by personnel of the AFP Cyber Group and representatives from the provincial catastrophe threat discount and administration workplace of Palawan and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).
The drills can even be an avenue for the army to make the most of a few of their latest belongings such because the Army’s C-206 plane and armored automobiles; Navy’s patrol ships, touchdown docks, naval helicopters, and glued wing plane; Air Drive’s FA-50PH fighter jets, A29B Tremendous Tucano gentle assault plane, and C-130 transport plane; and Philippine Marine Corps’ (PMC) amphibious assault automobiles.
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