By having the “best staff” of Arsenal Ferrol and “advice” of Frutos, the promise of facing challenges

The ceremony is the inauguration of a new Arsenal admiral It ended with the Navy anthem and the Army parade, again accompanied by the North Tercio Music Unit. The new admiral, before sharing an aperitif with his guests in the Armory Room of the old barracks, spoke to the media for the first time. He reiterated before the microphones that his new responsibility has an “emotional” meaning for me and my family because This is our home, these are our roots, and it’s amazing to come back after so many years.crazy.”

In the professional field, he admitted that he came from “a very good destination, of being in charge of the Daedalus Expeditionary Combat Group, which has been a dream. But, For the position of vice-marine, I can’t think of a better one than Arsenal. And also seeing all the ships I’ve sailed on for so long. It’s a pleasure to be here.”

He faces “respectfully” the challenges before him, saying they are “very big” challenges. However, he points out that he feels relaxed knowing that he will count “with support, advice and mentoring from Frutos as boss” and trust in “Arsenal’s magnificent advantage. The staff we have are the best in the world and thanks to them we can do any job.”

Conflict situation

When asked about the context of the war with its focus in the Middle East and the possibility of deployment in the region, he admits that the current situation a “very complicated” situation. and that “some ships are preparing”, without being able to go into more details because, as a newbie, I was not able to get more detailed information at the moment.

He continued, however, that “the Navy is always a few steps ahead of events so that, God forbid, If we have to act to evacuate our comrades in Lebanon“Let’s be ready to do it in the fastest and most efficient way, as it has been done on other occasions in Sudan or Afghanistan.”

Some newer F-100s

In this sense, he repeated that “in fact, the F-100s are the best defenders in the world, that’s why they go to everything. “They are magnificent ships with magnificent equipment and the Arsenal behind them support them. In particular, regarding the mid-life renewal of these frigates, of the “Álvaro de Bazán” class and launched in the Ferrol shipyard between 2000 and 2010, Gonzalo Villar admitted “I know that a project there, that I had to. he started when he commanded the 31st Squadron, and I hope that we will have good news soon about its funding to start undertaking it. But, as I said, today there is no better boat. I’ve been with the major navies in the world and they all want me.”