LOOK| NPOTC STUDENTS ATTEND MUCH AWAITED GRADUATION

THE NAVAL EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND (NETDC) THROUGH THE
PHILIPPINE NAVY OFFICER CANDIDATES SCHOOL (PNOCS) SUCCESSFULLY
CONDUCTED THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF NAVAL PROBATIONARY OFFICER
TRAINING COURSE CLASS AT NAVAL STATION LEOVIGILDO GANTIOQUI IN SAN
ANTONIO, ZAMBALES.

A TOTAL OF 31 INDIVIDUALS, COMPOSED OF _ MALES AND _ FEMALES, WERE

INCLUDED IN THE CEREMONY WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY THE VICE COMMANDER,
PHILIPPINE NAVY (VCOM, PN), VICE COM REAR BERNARD CESAR VALENCIA PN AS
THE GUEST OF HONOR AND SPEAKER. HAILING FROM VARIOUS REGIONS AND
PROVINCES ACROSS THE ARCHIPELAGO, THESE GRADUATES HURDLED SEVERAL
MONTHS OF ARDUOUS EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO EMERGE AS NEW LEADERS
AND OFFICERS IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES.

TRUE TO THEIR CLASS NAME WHICH STANDS FOR, “________________”; THESE

YOUNG, CAPABLE MEN AND WOMEN ARE NOW READY TO SERVE THE NATION AS
PROBATIONARY ENSIGNS OF THE PHILIPPINE NAVY. AMONG THOSE WHO EXCELLED
IN THEIR COURSE AND FINISHED WITH DISTINCTION IN THEIR CLASS ARE:

ENSIGN REMART A DADAN PN, WHO GRADUATED AT THE TOP OF NPOTC CLASS 01
AND WAS AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE NAVY SABER AND PLAQUE OF DISTINCTION
FROM THE FOIC, PN;
ENSIGN CRISVIE TORRETA PN WHO GRADUATED NUMBER TWO AND WAS AWARDED
THE PLAQUE OF MERIT FROM THE COMMANDER, NETDC;

AND ENSIGN JEZREL TIABA PN WHO WAS GIVEN THE PLAQUE OF MERIT FROM THE
COMMANDANT, PNOCS FOR GRADUATING NUMBER THREE IN HIS CLASS.

THE GRADUATES SHALL ALSO UNDERGO THE NAVAL OFFICER BASIC COURSE (NOBC)
TO FURTHER PREPARE THEM FOR THEIR FUTURE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN
THE ORGANIZATION. THIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTINUING EFFORTS TO
ENSURE THAT NAVAL OFFICERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE AND
SKILL AS REQUIRED BY A MODERNIZING ARMED FORCES.