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Philippine Army: Commander, AFP Western Command Appointed Branch Vice Admiral Alfonso F. Torres Jr. [93] May 18, 2024 (259 days) Philippine Navy: Commander, AFP Eastern Mindanao Command Appointed Branch Lieutenant General Luis Rex D. Bergante [94] [95] June 7, 2024 (239 days) Philippine Army: Commander, AFP Western Mindanao Command Appointed Branch
C-295W of the Philippine Air Force assigned to 220th Airlift Wing of the Air Mobility Command. Several air assets acquired by the Philippine Air Force through the original AFP Modernization Program of 1995 were the AW109 armed scout helicopters, and airlift assets like the Airbus C295 and CASA C212 Aviocar.
The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP) is the highest-ranking military officer (except for the President of the Philippines, who holds the position of Commander-in-Chief equivalent to a five-star general) and the head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), including all service branches (Army, Air Force, Navy–Marine Corps) under its command.
The AFPSOCOM traces its roots to the Army Special Warfare Brigade (ASWABde) that was organized in January 1978. [3] The Army Special Warfare Brigade was the first attempt to unify the specialties of two army units with the most highly trained personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Special Forces and the Scout Rangers, and structure their collective efforts into a highly ...
The Visayas Command (abbrv. as VISCOM) is the Armed Forces of the Philippines' unified command in charge of all the visayas islands.It is responsible for the defense of these areas against external aggression, as well as combating terrorism and insurgency.
The Department of National Defense exercises executive supervision over the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO), the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), the Government Arsenal (GA), and Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC). It is also ...
The Philippines' defence chief has ordered the military to boost the number of troops stationed at the northernmost islands near Taiwan to fortify Manila's territorial defence capabilities.
The Philippine Army (PA) (Filipino: Hukbong Katihan ng Pilipinas) is the main, oldest and largest branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), responsible for ground warfare and as of 2021 had an estimated strength of 143,100 soldiers [1] The service branch was established on December 21, 1935, as the Philippine Commonwealth Army.