:ssalute: Good luck FilCoasties!

Coast Guard ships off to aid Lebanon evacuation

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bravo coast guard but my question is why only now?

if they have been sent a few days ago when the war started, di sana nandun na sila ngayon

better late than never inday kooks :specool:



hehehe our coast guard has become a blue water navy, I bet we are the only country with citizens in Lebanon that sent coast guard ships instead of navy ships :armysmile:

It could also be the typical problem any government in our present situation has to face:

- Availability of assets and deployable units
- Funding
- Personnel management (to also encounter and take care of what we presently have going on in the home front)
- and most of all....politicking (i.e. RED TAPE)
:crawling:

But just to piggy back on what Valiant posted... better late than never pa rin. Come back safe Coasties :thumb:

Im sure PN can already get some lesson here on what should be procured first. LST replacement should be placed in the list of purchases already in the first phase.

That's what our PN now needs to think about. But there are still something the Navy could do. How about counting on its Naval Reserves? Maybe make use of those commercial RO-PAX some of which are attached to their Naval Reserve. Maybe they could also activate the AMOSUP-ITF training ship anchored at the Manila Bay (if only their Floating Hotel is functional it has a huge capacity). It's a Naval Reserve Ship and with it being ITF has international connections in the shipping industry which could provide assistance.

Then those 2 PCG ships could act as their escorts.





A 1528 pax ferry with speed of 20+ knots, being sold for U.S. $4,800,000.00 (Negros Navigation?). Why not charter it? They could put in buses to collect/transfer OFWs by land escorted by UN or International Red Cross. Some teams could even be left behind with those buses to evacuate more OFWs by land crossing borders. And while en route to Lebanon they have time to paint those buses with friendly or neutral markings.

its a slap in the face for the Philippine Navy.. demoralizing because the Coast Guard is doing the job the navy should be doing..

Not just a slap into their faces but its a big blow to their capacity doing the blue navy task.

Di kaya hiyang-hiya sila sa situation nila ngayon?

GUYS! It's ASHAMED that the COAST GUARD IS going to the lebanon, I think it should be the NAVY will handle they have capable ship.

This picture the country political status, sorry to say Armed forces is no longer a military institution is now MILITICS Institution. HOW I WISH THAT WE COULD GO BACK IN MARCOS TIME.

Impressive. I did not expect such small ships to be this capable. I wonder what Pimentel and the other critics of the Aussie-funded FOSARV acquisition have to say now. :devilwink:

Pimentel? Hmmmmm............... i want him to be stored in the decompression chamber of 004 Pampanga, let say one month. :drunk:

That damned senator are trying to mislead the public.

...or they could put him in a dinghy together with a beacon for Silkworm missiles, to act as a decoy against the Hezbollah.

Seriously, seeing what happened to a state-of-the-art Israeli warship, the men on those PCG ships already deserve commendations for their bravery. I seriously doubt that these SAR vessels even have devices to warn them if they’re being targeted by anti-ship missiles--which are a very real threat, considering that vessels of the BRP Pampanga’s size can easily be mistaken for an Israeli missile boat.

Perhaps it isn’t too late to bring Pimentel along then…but who needs politicians as long as...

God go with these Filipino sailors. :salute:

Embarassing or not, the situation dictates that we send our best people in there. Unfortunately for the PN, the PCG is the better one between them.

To the crew of the PCG BRP Batangas and BRP Pampanga:

May the seas be calm and the wind in your sails! Good luck and God-speed!

:salute:

No matter what any comment there may be, this so happens to be the best our government can deliver. Give it whatever criticisms we posters may come up with just for the sake of having a say so, this is still the best we have, so appreciate it :thumb:

Concerns or comments will still be nothing compared to the arduous task these Coasties will have to take so why not just wish them the best or better yet; instead of grand parading on what you can post: PRAY FOR THESE BRAVE SOULS AND THE LOT THEY NEED TO RESCUE!

Literally, we are not these designated ones who are taking on this mission. So let's quit these grand standing of words or comments in our posts and REALLY wish them all the best. Fair Winds and Following Seas Coasties. Come back soon :salute:

Ive heard on the news that the mission is cancelled, wala atang pondo for the fuel if im not mistaken :armysad:

for the experts here, being coast guard ships are these SAR vessels capable of ocean travel, particularly in rough seas?

Im not a naval expert but considering that even a single-crew yacht can circumnavigate the world, then the Tenix ships could more than adequately do the same - as long as fuel is available.

I think its too late for them to go there anyway and its typhoon season here in the country at the moment so the services of the SAR ships are most needed here.

i hope this mission will be abolished. these CG ships or paperboats were not intended for blue water patrol, they will not survive the rough seas. a very risky idea.

Tugboats, what tugboats? :armyeek:

you dont like tugboats? ok then paperboats :armycheers:

I mean if you know what you are talking about, those Tenix ships are not tugboats. :headbang:

Now THIS is a tugboat.

Now that's one funny tugboat.

Not even the Israelis will try to prevent that tugboat from breaking their naval blockade of Lebanon. :armygrin: