Alerta is a city in the the Ucayali Region of Peru. It is located very close to the border with the Madre de Dios Region. It is located 696 km. (435 mi.) from the regions capital, Pucallpa. It is located at around 69°14′6″S, 11°39′18″W. Categories: Stub | Departments of Peru ... Madre de Dios is a region in southeastern Peru, bordering Brazil, Bolivia and the Peruvian regions of Puno, Cusco and Ucayali. ... Pucallpa (Quechua: red earth) is a busy Amazon frontier town in Peru which sits on the banks of the Ucayali River, a major tributary which feeds the Amazon River. ...
When Alerta left her dusty fishing town of Digos, Davao del Sur, for Annapolis, half a world and a lifetime away, little did she know she might become a footnote in the annals of the Philippine Navy.
Alerta is obliged to serve a minimum eight years in the Philippine Navy to pay off the $250,000 invested in her by the US government to cover her board, tuition and stipend in four years at Annapolis.
Alerta said her dreams of making a career in the Navy and being the first woman admiral were somewhat tarnished by what she saw last summer when she spent five weeks aboard LC551 (BRP Dagupan City) in Palawan.
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