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TheTThhe Offi cialcicia Gaze� e of the Philippine Navy in Protecting the Seas, Securing Oururur FutureFututurure Volume No. 42 July 2016 PH Navy Receives its 3rd Del Pilar Class Frigate p. 6 SND Issues Guidance to DND, Civilian Bureaus and the AFP p. 7 Navy Foils Pawikan Poaching in Tawi-tawi p. 9 The Digital Soldier: Smart, Savvy Use of Social Media p. 16 “PROTECTING THE SEAS, SECURING OUR FUTURE” WWhat’s Inside Morale and Welfare News Stories Featured Articles 6 Tips for Better PH Navy Receives its Diplomacy and Security: Time Management 3rd Del Pilar Class Frigate The Role of the Armed Forces in Foreign Policy Illegal Drug Use SND Issues Guidance to DND, Facts & Prevention Civilian Bureaus and the AFP Strength in Orders Navy Foils Pawikan Poaching The Digital Soldier: Smart, Savvy in Tawi-tawi Use of Social Media NFNL Welcomes Risk Management: New Commander Philippine Navy’s Safety Perspective Hazard Identi cation, Sail Plan Corner NPMC, now a Support Unit Risk Assessment & Determining Control (HIRADC) Sail Plan Champions on the Let’s Do Taekwondo! Rise: PN Trains Core Group of Sail Plan Facilitators PNOWA & Partners Raise Awareness on Common EDITORIAL BOARD Diseases during Rainy Season, Offer Flu Vaccination VADM CAESAR C TACCAD AFP to 150 children Flag Offi cer In Command, Philippine Navy MGEN ALEXANDER F BALUTAN AFP Vice Commander, Philippine Navy RADM GAUDENCIO C COLLADO JR AFP Policy Reminder Chief of Naval Staff COL RICARDO D PETROLA PN(M)(GSC) Communications Vehicle Assistant Chief of Naval Staff for Civil Military Operations, N7 Snapshot of the 3rd Del Pilarr Class frigate of the Philippinee Navy, the BRP Andres Bonifacioo (FF17), during its christeningg and commissioning cermonyy EDITORIAL STAFF at USCG Base, Alameda,, California on July 21.. 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MORALE AND WELFARE And don’t allow yourself to feel guilty. Part of declining to do things, is 3 Time-Based, To-Do List focusing on your goals. Your time diary HOW CAN YOU TELL WHEN ONE IS ABUSING DRUGS? can help in this regard. Once you’ve A lot of changes - in behavior, in appearance and in mood - occur in a Lists are always helpful, but person who is abusing drugs. Sudden changes occur in the person’s blocked time for important, but often when you add how much time each task disposition from pleasant to unpleasant. Thus, he/she may show should take, it helps prioritize how you not scheduled activities, sign on for symptoms of the ff: go about the tasks. When you only those things that are important, by: Dangerous Drugs Board Drugs Dangerous by: • Malnutrition - The lives of drug dependents revolve around drug prioritize tasks you naturally family, friends and health. Once you abuse. 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When you watch television, • Develop your potentials. spiritual foundations. pay your bills. Engage in wholesome, productive 4 5 NEWS STORIES PH Navy receives its NEWS STORIES 3rd Del Pilar Class Frigate SND Issues The Philippine Navy (PN) formally N. Mangoroban, AC of NS for Logistics; in empowering and upgrading received its third Del Pilar Class Frigate and Capt. Mac Raul B. Racacho, AC of our soldiers’ knowledge and skills Guidance to (DPCF), the former US Coast Guard NS for Naval Systems Engineering. Their in handling such high-level and (USCG) Boutwell, the Weather High- US counterparts were headed by Rear advanced equipment/vessel. This will DND, Civilian Endurance Cu� er (WHEC) 719, through Adm. Joseph Vojvodich, the Assistant be done through series of trainings of the Decommissioning by the USCG Commandant for Acquisition and Chief the crew of the ship. Bureaus and the subsequent Christening and Acquisition Offi cer. Commissioning Ceremonies by the PN and the AFP conducted at USCG Base in Alameda, FF17 is skippered by Capt. Brendo by: Public Affairs Service - California on July 21, 8 a.m. (US time). J. Casaclang. The crew will undergo Department of National Defense training and preparations for its voyage The third DCPF was christened and for almost three months and will In his rst offi cially issued guidance as commissioned into the active service tentatively depart the continental US on Secretary of National Defense (SND) of the PN eff ective July 21 as Barko ng October of this year. under the new administration of President Republika ng Pilipinas (BRP) Andres Rodrigo Roa Duterte, Secretary Del n N. Bonifacio (FF17). Naming the vessel It can be recalled that US President Lorenzana articulated the priorities that after him is a � ing tribute as a Filipino Barrack Obama pledged this ship to the would chart the Department’s future revolutionary leader and the president Philippines, along with Research Vessel direction and policy development. of the Tagalog Republic. It also gives him Melville now BRP Gregorio Velasquez further recognition as he was considered (AGR702), during his visit to the country As a whole, the guidance re ects de facto national hero of the Philippines. on November 2015 on the sidelines of the pronouncements of the president, APEC Leader’s Summit. particularly in streamlining bureaucracy, The PN contingents who witnessed cu� ing red tape, ghting crime and the said event was headed by the Just like BRP Gregorio del Pilar (FF15) pursuing an independent foreign policy, Commander, Philippine Fleet, Rear Adm.