Gunnery exercises in progress until 14 mar in area bound by 12-57.25N 122-48.15E, 12-52.56N 122-54.85E,…
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 817/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-15 00:01Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XI 120/24 120037Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-12 00:45Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Philippine Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2024-03-12 00:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-15 00:01Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 120/24 120037Z MAR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 12.866, 122.810
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SIBUYAN SEA. PHILIPPINES. DNC 11. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES IN PROGRESS UNTIL 14 MAR IN AREA BOUND BY 12-57.25N 122-48.15E, 12-52.56N 122-54.85E, 12-46.56N 122-49.13E, 12-51.58N 122-42.25E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 150001Z MAR 24.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
42 within 180 nm since 2002 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Gunnery exercises 08 thru 18 dec in area bound by 14-42.63N 120-41.55E, 14-41.53N 120-36.54E, 14-36.73N…2025-12-03
- Gunnery exercises 09 thru 18 jun in area bound by 14-21.16N 120-29.28E, 14-16.96N 120-29.48E, 14-16.47N…2025-06-05
- Gunnery exercises in progress until 21 feb in area bound by 14-42.48N 120-36.48E, 14-43.64N 120-41.48E,…2025-01-28
- Gunnery exercises 25 sep thru 10 oct in areas bound by: a. 14-15.00N 120-10.00E, 14-21.00N 120-10.00E,…2024-09-23
- Gunnery exercises 11 and 12 may in area bound by 14-15.00N 120-10.00E, 14-21.00N 120-10.00E, 14-21.00N…2024-05-10
- Hazardous operations 15 thru 30 apr in area bound by 10-13.34N 123-49.94E, 10-12.32N 123-49.90E, 10-12.35N…2024-04-12
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:07Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.