Two Philippine Navy (PN) enlisted personnel, components of the RIMPAC-participating Naval Task Group (NTG) 80.5, donned their next higher ranks in an unprecedented ceremony held aboard the historic “Mighty Mo” or the Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63). The NTG 80.5 commander and BRP Antonio Luna (FF151) commanding officer, Captain Charles Merric Villanueva, administered the donning of ranks of now Petty Officer First Class (PO1) Ronieboy Fajardo, and now Seaman Second Class (SN2) Esmael Serafin. (Victor Baldemor)
