PH Marine Corps acquires combat rubber raiding craft
The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) has acquired combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC) with outboard motors for its Force Reconnaissance Group (FRG).
In a statement issued Tuesday evening, the PMC said the new assets were tested at the FRG Headquarters, Marine Barracks, Camp Gregorio Lim in Ternate, Cavite on January 25.
“The CRRC will be used by FRG deployed units attached with marine brigades and [Armed Forces of the Philippines Special Operations Command] in support to different special operations mission in the area of operations,” the PMC said.
“It will enhance its capability through providing reliable platforms that were operationally ready during various small-scale amphibious operations,” it added.
According to the PMC, the CRRC aims to enhance its capability in defending the country’s sovereignty and strategic maritime interests as well as provide a committed number of water assets at their prime condition that can be used in military operations.
“Aligned with the AFP Modernization Program, the PMC is steadfastly advancing toward its aspirations to be an amphibious crisis response force at very high readiness, an evolution integral to the Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept (CADC),” the PMC said. — Joviland Rita/RSJ, GMA Integrated News