CEVN Mottoes (CLOSED)

[Central and Eastern Visayas]

These are the mottoes of all active CEVN warships, with meanings if applicable.

[Central and Eastern Visayas]

In CEV service, the Arleigh Burke-class is known as the St. Dominic-class. The lead ship is named for St. Dominic de Guzman.

CEVS St. Dominic de Guzman -- For Justice, Against Injustice
This is the principle behind the Just War.

CEVS St. Lawrence of Manila -- Usa ka Libo ka Kinabuhi
Visayan for "A Thousand Lives," referring to the defiant last words of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila.

CEVS St. John Bosco -- Ascende Superius
Latin for "Come to a Higher Place." Often understood to mean "Ascend to Greatness."

CEVS St. Thomas More -- The country's Good-Servants
A reference to St. Thomas More's last words.

CEVS St. Josemaria Escriva -- Never Idle
A reference to the statement "Idle hands are the Devil's workshop."

CEVS St. Paul Miki -- Hangtud sa Kamatayon
Visayan for "To the Death;" St. Paul Miki was one of the 26 Martyrs of Japan.

CEVS St. Augustine of Hippo -- No Unjust Law
A reference to the Augustinian treatise of the just law: An unjust law is no law.

CEVS St. Michael the Archangel -- Defensores Patriae
Latin for "Defenders of the Country."

CEVS St. Arnold Janssen -- Strength, Valor, Defiance
A reference to the order founded by the eponymous saint.

CEVS St. Thomas Aquinas -- Lex Naturalis
Latin for "Natural Law;" this was what St. Thomas Aquinas put emphasis on.

CEVS St. Jerome -- New from the Old
From St. Jerome's Preface to the Gospels, a letter from him to Pope St. Damasus I.

CEVS St. Joseph the Worker -- Terror Inimicorum
Latin for "Terror of Enemies." A reference to one of St. Joseph's titles: Terror of Demons (Terror Daemonum in Latin).

CEVS St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe -- Nie Wieder
German for "Never Again." This is the only motto not in any of the official languages of CEV.

CEVS St. John Fisher -- Piscadores de la Verdad
Spanish for "Fishers of Truth."

CEVS St. Benedict of Nursia -- Non Tyranno sit Mihi Dux
Latin for "Let not the Tyrant be my Overlord," a reference to one of the inscriptions present in a Medal of Saint Benedict.

CEVS St. Ferdinand III of Castile -- Firm of Purpose
A virtue demanded of lawmakers under the Visigothic code, which San Fernando Rey had Cordoba adopt upon his taking.

CEVS St. Louis IX of France -- Tig-balantay sa Hustisya
Visayan for "Watcher of Justice."

CEVS St. Albert Magnus -- Praemonitus, Praemunitus
Latin for "Forewarned, Forearmed."

CEVS St. John Chrysostom -- Bane of Herodias
St. John Chrysostom had denounced Eudoxia as another Herodias. In the modern context, Herodias refers to despots.

CEVS St. Henry II of the Holy Roman Empire -- Crown of Glory
The eponymous saint is the only canonized King of Germany.

CEVS St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori -- Da redemptionem
Latin for "Give redemption." A play on the order St. Alphonse Liguori founded, the Redemptorists.

CEVS St. Edith Stein -- Unforgiving Legacy
Like her sister ship the Kolbe, this destroyer was named after a Holocaust martyr.

CEVS St. Barbara -- With Great Reach
The eponymous saint is the patron saint of artillerymen.

CEVS St. Peter of the Visayan Islands -- Valor amid Hatred
The eponymous saint (Pedro Calungsod--his origins are somewhat ambiguous) laid down his life as a martyr.

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In CEV service, the Ticonderoga-class is known as the Don Sergio-class. The lead ship is named after Don Sergio Osmeña, Sr.

CEVS Don Sergio Osmeña -- Serviam
Latin for "I will serve."

CEVS Don Carlos A. Gothong -- Against All Adversity
A reference to how the eponymous Don Gothong managed to keep his company standing throughout history.

CEVS Nicolas Escario -- Libertad
Spanish for "Liberty."

CEVS Pedro Calomarde -- Verbum Veritatis
Latin for "Word of Truth;" Pedro Calomarde was a newspaper publisher.

CEVS Archbishop Gabriel Reyes -- Custos Custorum
Latin for "Guardian of the Guardians."

CEVS Bishop Juan Gorordo -- Tig-balantay sa Kamatuoran
Visayan for "Guardian of Truth."

CEVS Carlos P. Garcia -- Autodisciplina y Abnegacion
Spanish for "Self-discipline and Self-denial," which were the foci of Carlos P. Garcia's presidency in the 1950's.

CEVS Francisco Dagohoy -- Dagon sa Huyuhoy
Visayan for "Talisman of the Breeze," which was the origin of Francisco Sendrijas' nom de guerre.

CEVS Sab-o Tamblot -- Semper Vigilans
Latin for "Always Vigilant."

CEVS Don Potenciano Larrazabal -- Vigilant Eyes
A reference to the eponymous Don having an eye specialist as one of his descendants.

CEVS Francisco Enage -- Ley y Servicio
Spanish for "Law and Service;" Francisco Enage was a lawyer and a Philippine Senator (1919 AD-1925 AD).

CEVS Genaro Visarra -- My Honor is Service
Genaro Visarra was a lawyer, mayor of what is now the City of Tagbilaran (1939 AD-1940 AD), and a member of the antebellum COMELEC (Commission on Elections; 1960 AD-1962 AD).

CEVS Jose E. Romero -- Enduring Service
Jose Romero was a former lawmaker who eventually served the antebellum government in different capacities.

CEVS Celestino Gallares -- Enduring Legacy
Celestino Gallares was a former governor of antebellum Bohol; his legacy lives on in most of the two provinces.

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[Central and Eastern Visayas]

In CEV service, the Wasp-class is known as the Legio-class. The lead ship is named Legion.

CEVS Legio -- Nos es Legio. Nos Operor Non Indulgio; Nos Operor Non Alieno.
Latin for "We are Legion. We do not forgive; We do not forget." This is a reference to the calling card of the hacktivist groups Anonymous.

CEVS Judex -- Nil Inultum Remanebit
Latin for "Nothing shall go unpunished." Part of the Dies Irae, it is often translated as "None shall go unjudged."

CEVS Imperator -- Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
Latin for "Who Watches the Watchmen?" A quote attributed to the Roman poet Juvenal.

CEVS Paterfamilas -- Utrinque Paratus
Latin for "Ready for Anything."

CEVS Vindex -- Ultima Ratio Civis
Latin for "Last Resort of the Citizen."

CEVS Parcae -- Sic Volvere Parcas
Latin for "So spin the Fates."

CEVS Pontifex -- Sua Sponte
Latin for "Of their own accord."

CEVS Centurio -- Pax per Potens
Latin for "Peace through Power." This is often translated as "Peace through Strength" among the younger generations.

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[Central and Eastern Visayas]

In CEV service, the Ohio-class is known as the Lux Vitae-class. The lead ship's name translates to "Light of Life."

CEVS Lux Vitae -- Harbinger of Judgment
This refers to the ship's role as a part of CEV's nuclear deterrent.

CEVS Umbra Mortis -- Grim Resolve
A reference to what the ship's duty demands of her.

CEVS Gloria Lucis -- The Unforgiving
"Unforgiving," as she deals with nuclear retaliation.

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[Central and Eastern Visayas]

In CEV service, the K-Väsby-class is known as the Altair-class. The lead ship is named after the star Altair.

The ship class was originally an SSBN class initially considered as a replacement for the Ohio-class, but eventually it was decided that the class would serve as SSGN's in the CEV Navy, loaded with 24 UGM-109A TLAM-N missiles tipped with variable-yield W-80 warheads apiece.

CEVS Altair -- Let None Stand
A reference to the nuclear burden it carries.

CEVS Vega -- What Duty Demands
A reference to the letters of last resort all nuclear-armed submarines carry.

CEVS Deneb -- Cursed with Power
A reference to the SSGN's role in nuclear deterrence.

CEVS Betelgeuse -- Eternal Vigilance
The point, according to JSAC, of nuclear deterrence

CEVS Orion -- Hand of Judgment
Often completed with "...and the sentence is a nuclear strike."

CEVS Sirius -- Hounds of Wrath
Sirius is known as "The Dog Star." The titular hounds are W80-tipped TLAM-N cruise missiles.

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[Central and Eastern Visayas]

In CEV service, the Zumwalt-class is known as the Holocaust-class. The lead ship is named after the eponymous Holocaust, one of the most well-known (and the worst) genocides of the 20th Century.

CEVS Holocaust -- Dili pasayloon. Dili kalimton. Dili usbon.
Visayan for "Never forgive. Never forget. Never again." A common rallying cry among genocide survivors.

CEVS Srebrenica 1995 -- They shall never be forgotten.
A common consolation to the bereaved.

CEVS Armenia 1915 -- We do not forgive.
Common CE Visayan practice in dealing with genocidal governments.

CEVS Rwanda 1994 -- Genocide begets Vengeance
Genocidaires are seen as rats to be hunted down and executed.

CEVS Sook Ching Massacre -- Blood begets Blood
Genocidaires are said to owe people many lives; some go and collect.

CEVS Holodomor -- There will be Payment
...rendered in blood, as the quote ends.

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[Central and Eastern Visayas]

In CEV service, the Álvaro de Bazán-class is known as the Unrelenting-class. The lead ship denotes a relentless zeal.

The Álvaro de Bazán-class has replaced decommissioned-at-this-point Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates in CEV service.

CEVS Unrelenting -- Dura veritas, sed veritas.
Latin for "Truth may be harsh, but it is the truth."

CEVS Zealous -- Eternal Flame
Zeal is often portrayed as a fire.

CEVS Honorable -- Suffer not the craven!
In CE Visayan military culture, war criminals are seen as cowards--offensive to the CE Visayan sense of honor.

CEVS Determined -- Surrender is certain failure
To a determined mind, giving up is a guarantee of failure.

CEVS Even-handed -- Mao ni ang angay
Visayan for "This is right."

CEVS Merciful -- Along the Law
Showing clemency to a surrendering opponent is in accordance with the established Laws and Customs of War.

CEVS Dutiful -- Duty, brethren. Duty.
A reflection of the CE Visayan ethos towards duty.

CEVS Resolute -- To the Abyss!
A common war cry in CEVN culture.

CEVS Vigilant -- Always Watching
The frigate class was intended to be an air-defense warship.

CEVS Vengeful -- We answer the Cries!
Said "cries" being the cries of the oppressed and those of Abel.

CEVS Conscientious -- Our conscience first
"It is the duty of every just man to disobey the unjust law." - VADM Orion Sy, CEVN (Ret.)

CEVS Devout -- Heart and Soul
"When foreigners see the men in action, they are impressed by their devotion to duty." - ADM Ian Oliverio, CEVN (Ret.)

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[Central and Eastern Visayas]

In CEV service, the Virginia-class is known as the Tres de Abril-class. The lead ship is named for an event which took place on April 3, 1898 AD.

CEVS Tres de Abril -- Libertas!
Latin for "Liberty." On April 3, 1898 AD, Cebuano revolutionaries led by Leon Kilat fought the Spaniards during the War for Independence.

CEVS Sandugo -- Brotherhood
Named after the blood compact contracted by Datu Sikatuna and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in Bohol, the motto is what said blood compact symbolizes.

CEVS Dagohoy Rebellion -- Tyranny demands Rebellion
A common adage in CE Visayan culture.

CEVS Battle of Leyte Gulf -- We have returned
When American forces under General MacArthur left the Philippine Commonwealth in 1942 AD, they vowed to return, a vow that was fulfilled in 1944 AD.

CEVS Battle of Mactan -- Leverage
Lapu Lapu's forces defeated the technologically superior forces of Ferdinand Magellan by taking advantage of the battlefield terrain.

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[Central and Eastern Visayas]

In CEV service, the San Antonio-class is known as the Baybay-class. The lead ship is named after the city of Baybay in Leyte.

The San Antonio-class has replaced decommissioned-at-this-point Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ships in CEV service.

CEVS Baybay -- Strength in Serenity
The "Serenity" portion is derived from the titular city's motto.

CEVS Guiuan -- Stepping-stone to Liberty
The titular town was home to one of the largest naval bases in the Far East during the final year of the Second World War.

CES Moalboal -- El Pescador
Spanish for "The Fisher," a reference to Pescador Island, a popular tourist destination under the titular town's jurisdiction.

CEVS Panglao -- To the open sea
A translation of the municipality's old name of Panglawod.

CEVS Jagna -- Defende nos in proelio
Latin for "Defend us in battle;" Jagna celebrates the feast day of the Archangels, more specifically, St. Michael.

CEVS Sibulan -- Two lakes, one flight
Sibulan is home to the Twin Lakes eco-site as well as the Dumaguete Airport.

CEVS Palompon -- Hang them high!
Palompon was once known as Hinablayan (from the root word sablay--to hang) because of the locals' historical penchant for hanging the corpses of (Moro) raiders.

CEVS Macrohon -- Living off the Seas
One legend states that the the name came from the root word manhaon (removing cooked food), coming from the historical practice of Moro raiders removing the food left behind by fleeing residents.

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[Central and Eastern Visayas]

In CEV service, the Nimitz-class is known as the Kali Pulako-class. The lead ship is named after the leader of Mactan known more commonly as Lapu-Lapu.

CEVS Kali Pulako -- Onward, brave warriors!
Lapu-Lapu is best known as the leader of a victorious force that repelled the Spaniards in the Battle of Mactan.

CEVS Katuna -- Brotherhood begets Alliance
Sikatuna, as he is better known, made a blood compact and forged an alliance with the Spaniards under Miguel Lopez de Legaspi.

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