THE Philippine Marine Corps’ 3rd Marine Brigade and the Philippine Navy’s Naval Forces West (NFW) conducted on Monday an amphibious landing exercise at Long Beach, Barangay New Agutaya, San Vicente, Palawan.
The drill was meant to hone up the units’ interoperability, cooperation, and sustenance of operational readiness.
The exercise involved amphibious landing with movement utilizing boats from the Combat Support Brigade, supported by joint forces from the Naval Special Operations Unit (NAVSOU), Joint Special Operations Unit 1 and NCEB who performed beach clearing and breaching operations while 61st Force Recon Company as the assaulting force.
After the landing was executed, the force maneuvered toward their designated objectives, breach obstacles, and engage in target suppression through close-quarter battle operations.