Roles of Naval and Marine

Forces Reserve During

Disaster Relief Operation
51st Marine Reserve Battalion
Marine Forces Reserve Central
(5th Marine Reserve Brigade)
Naval Reserve Center Eastern Visayas
NAVAL RESERVE COMMAND
Region VII & VIII
 Scope of Presentation
A. Disasters
1. Natural
2. Man-made
B. Acts of War & Terrorism
C. Disaster Relief Operation
D. Humanitarian Assistance
E. Roles of Reservists During DRO
F. Accomplishments/Future Plans
A. Disaster/Calamity
Natural or man-made events wherein
communities experience severe danger and
incur loss of lives and properties causing
disruption in its social structure and
prevention of the fulfillment of all or some of
the affected community’s essential
functions.
1. Natural Disasters
• Common natural causes
of disasters include
earthquakes, floods,
hurricanes and
typhoons, and
tornadoes. Tsunamis
(popularly, but
incorrectly, known as
tidal waves), volcanic
eruptions, wildfires, and
landslides and
avalanches.
• Tsunamis (popularly,
but incorrectly,
known as tidal
waves), volcanic
eruptions, wildfires,
and landslides and
avalanches.
2. Man-made Disasters
• Not all disasters are produced by the
forces of nature.
• Many modern-day disasters involve
accidents aboard passenger-carrying
airplanes, ships, or railroads.
• Other “man-made” disasters can be
traced to the collapse of buildings,
bridges, tunnels, and mines, as well as
to explosions and fires unintentionally
triggered by humans.
B. Acts of War & Terrorism
• Although acts of war and terrorism also inflict
death and destruction, these events are
intentional rather than accidental, and
therefore are not considered disasters.
C. Disaster Relief
Operation
actions to aid victims and repair the
damage of events such as epidemics,
earthquakes, floods, fires, and war.
Disaster Response
C. Disaster Relief
Operation
• Great efforts at disaster relief
• Humanitarian Recovery Program
• International agencies conducting disaster
relief (Red Cross; United Way; World Food
Program)
• Foreign aid in the form of disaster relief
• Government agencies responsible for disaster
relief (NDCC, DSWD, LGUs, Fire Fighting
Agencies
• AFP role in recovery from natural disasters
 Fire that gutted Sitios Sto Nino, San Vicente Ferrer and Sitio
Silangan Uno in Barangay Tinago and Silangan Dos in Barangay
Tejero in the City of Cebu on 12 November 2005
 Ginsaugon Mudslide Tragedy,
St Bernard, Southern Leyte
February 2006

Hurricane
Ginsaugon, St Bernard Mudslide Tragedy
February 2006
 Medical Dental Mission

Disaster Relief (Medical)

 Relief Distribution
Ginsaugon, St Bernard, Southern Leyte
February 2006
Disaster Response Operations – Evacuation of Barangay Sinsin,
Cebu City Residents
14 May 2008
D. Humanitarian
Assistance
HA operations relieve or reduce the
results of natural or manmade disasters
or other endemic conditions such as
human pain, disease, hunger, or
privation. as Military Operations Other
Classified
Than War (MOOTWA).
It is intended to supplement or
complement efforts of civil authorities or
agencies with the primary responsibility
for providing assistance.
The DND/AFP provides assistance when
the relief need is gravely urgent and
when the humanitarian emergency
dwarfs the ability of normal relief
agencies to effectively respond.
E. Roles of Reservists During
DRO
• Assist AFP & PNP units, Civilian Government
and other concerned agencies (Red Cross)
involved in the conduct of Disaster Relief
Operations.

• Assist all concerned agencies for continuous

flow of communications.

• Coordinates LGUs and authorities and render

feedbacks to the Regional Disaster Council /
AFP & PNP units in the area and other civilian
Government agencies in the conduct the
Humanitarian Assistance.
E. Roles of Reservists During
DRO
• AFP/PNP units and Reservists can
respond rapidly to emergencies or
disasters and achieve order in the worse
scenario.

• AFP/PNP units and Reservists can

provide logistics; command, control,
communications and the planning
required to initiate and sustain HA
The Naval and Marine Forces
Reserve are here to help
especially during disasters,
are you willing to give a little
of your time?

If YES, be prepared . . .
If NO, remember that
helping others is a noble
undertaking, God will
repay you in many
ways…be a concerned
person…we need your
commitment…

“Nobody will help

Come, Help And be
counted…
Trainings and
Capabilities
 Our Commitment/Capabilities
• The creation of a Rapid Deployment force of 100
man group, ready to be dispatched within 24 – 48
hours for deployment to any place in Region 7 and
8, in case of disasters for calamities.

• 54 Officers and EP’s are Advance NROTC

Graduates.

• 178 Officers and EP’s are graduates of Ready

Reserve Organizational Training (RROT).

• 111 Officers and EP’s are graduates of Disaster

Response and Rescue Unit Training (DRRUT).

• 36 EP’s are graduates of Basic Citizens Military

• 36 EP’s are graduates of Basic
Citizens Military Training (BCMT).
• 738 Enlisted Personnel are
graduates of Basic NROTC Training.
• 63 Officers and EP’s are trained and
knowledgeable in Basic First Aid
and CPR (As certified by Emergency
Rescue Unit Foundation – ERUF)
• Conducted Markmanship, Gun
Safety, Gun Handling Training and
Actual Firing at Cebu Pistol and
Rifle Assn Firing Range in Lapulapu
City on 23 May and 24 June 2006.
100 Officers and EP’s are
graduates of the Re
Integration Training
Program of the 51st Marine
Reserve Battalion to
MARINE READY UNIT-
MACTAN ASEAN SUMMIT
DEPLOYMENT that was
conducted during
weekends to the Unit
personnel and administered
by the Officers and Enlisted
Personnel of the Philippine
Marine Corps Marine
Battalion Landing Team 7
(MBLT7) and Combat
Service Support Brigade
(CSSB) that started on
October 2006 and ended in
January 2007.
• 63 Officers and EP’s are
trained and
knowledgeable in Basic
First Aid and CPR (As
certified by Emergency
Rescue Unit Foundation –
ERUF)
• Conducted Markmanship,
Gun Safety, Gun Handling
Training and Actual Firing
at Cebu Pistol and Rifle
Assn Firing Range in
Lapulapu City on 23 May
and 24 June 2006.
• The subjects are SMALL
ARMS/ CREW SERVE
WEAPONS, BOMB/ IED
IDENTIFICATION, M16 DRY
& FAMILIARIZATION
FIRING, MAP READING/
NAVIGATION,
INTELLIGENCE,
INTERDICTING
TERRORISTS
ORGANIZATIONS, SIGNAL
COMMUNICATION, CMO,
ROLE OF RESERVIST
DURING DISASTER RELIEF
OPERATION, COMBAT LIFE
SAVING, AMPHIBIOUS
OPERATION/ BOAT
FAMILIARIZATION,
AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION
EXERCISE (AMPHIBIOUS
Boat Handling Training
Weapons Training conducted
by the MBLT7
Explosive, Ordnance, & EID Identification
training
Artillery and Armored Orientation
Training
Burial Detail
 Military Funeral
PFC REUBEN S DORONIO PN (M)
Borbon, Cebu – 21 July 2007
 Military Funerals
PFC DENILO E VERGARA PN (M)
Bayawan City – August 30, 2007
 Amphibious Assault Operation
62nd Anniversary of US Forces Landing in Talisay City – 26
March 2007
Unit Activities
LTCOL TOMAS R OSMENA Oath Taking as Mayor, City of Cebu
30 June 2007
Presentation of
the Unit’s Award
as AFP Ready
Reserve Unit of
the Year 2007
to LTCOL TOMAS R
OSMENA PN (M)
(R) Residence – 16
September 2007
Gawad Kalinga - Community Relations w/ USS Chosin Crew
Budlaan, Cebu City – 15 September 2007
Orientation aboard USS Chosin – 14 September
2007
Aboard the USS Blue Ridge
 Anti Dengue Campaign
Barangay’s Bulacao, Pardo and Bonbonon, -
Labangon, 29 September 2007
 Awards, Commendations Received
Year 2008
a) 2008 NAVRESCOM Reservist Officer of the Year - LTCOL TOMAS R OSMENA 0-138683 (E) PN (M) (R)
b) 2008 NAVRESCOM Reservist Officer of the Year - MSGT JEROME E LIM ZS-N005462 PN (M) (RES)
Year 2007
a.) AFP Ready Reserve Unit of the Year
b.) PN Ready Reserve Unit of the Year
c.) PN Reservist Officer of the Year – LTC TOMAS R OSMENA (E) PN (M) (R)
d.) PN Reservist EP of the Year – MSGT ARTURO L BERMEJO PN (M) (R)
e.) NAVRESCOM Ready Reserve Unit of the Year
Year 2006
a.) PN Ready Reserve Unit of the Year
b.) PN Reservist EP of the Year – MSGT JOSEPHINE C LAYCO PN (M) (R)
Year 2005
a.) PN Ready Reserve Unit of the Year
b.) PN Reservist Officer of the Year – 1LT TITO P RANARA PN (M) (R)
c.) Special Award from the Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines
 Future Plans
The Philippine Navy and Marine Corps
Reserve Central Emergency Rescue Group is
an Emergency Rescue Group based in Cebu
City, Philippines under the umbrella of
Regional Disaster Coordinating Center 7, Cebu
City Disaster Coordinating Center, Emergency
Rescue Unit Foundation, Inc and Others.
An all volunteer, non-profit organization,
comprised of men and women who are
on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,
trained to respond to any type of
emergency. Members are dedicated
volunteers specializing in many areas of
rescue including first aid, extrication,
dive rescue, swift water rescue, low and
steep angle rope rescue.
Thank you and good
day!