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Several Philippine Military Academy classes have achieved notability, either due to highly decorated class members, significant changes in the PMA curriculum, or due to a high proportion of officers elevated to the highest ranks of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or the Philippine National Police. [31] [32] These include:
Philippine Constabulary Academy Col. Orville M. Johnson 29 Dec 1932 – 21 December 1935 21 December 1935 – 18 May 1936 start as Philippine Military Academy Maj. Telesforo C. Martinez: 1936 Capt. Calixto Duque: 1936 Lt. Col. Pastor Martelino 1 Jun 1936 – 31 May 1940 Maj. Alejandro Garcia 1 Jun 1940 – 31 Aug 1940 Col. Rafael Garcia
Vic Batac entered the Philippine Military Academy as plebe on April 1, 1967 in Class of '71 (Matatag) - which is a graduating class known for prominent politicians such as Senators Gregorio Honasan and Panfilo Lacson, and distinguished career military and police officers such as Narciso Abaya, Romeo Dominguez, Reynaldo Alcasid, Neon Ebuen, Rex Piad, and Virtus Gil to name a few.
After graduating from the Philippine Military Academy in March 1994, Marcelino joined the Philippine Marine Corps and was deployed in Mindanao, where he spent most of his tour of duty. He rose to become a Marine Company Commander , Battalion Staff Officer, Marine Corps Spokesperson, Flag Secretary to the Marine Corps Commandant , and assumed ...
Victor Navarro Corpus (October 4, 1944 – April 4, 2024) was a Filipino military officer and public official best known for his 1970 defection from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to the New People's Army of the Communist Party of the Philippines during the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos, [1] [2] for his defection from the NPA in 1976, his return to the AFP after the 1986 ...
His father, retired brigadier general Alejandro Galido, was born in Sebaste, Antique on 12 July 1936 and was a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) class of 1958. Alejandro was later involved in the December 1989 coup against President Corazon Aquino before resigning afterwards as the former commander of the AFP Southern Luzon ...
Brawner graduate from the Philippine Military Academy in 1957 at the top of his class. [2] [3] He is also known for going to Marawi during the peak of rebellion of the Muslims in Mindanao in the 1970s to initiate good ties with the Muslims. [4] He retired from the military service in 1988. [4] Brawner died on November 16, 2022, at the age of 88.
Carlos graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1989 as part of the Makatao class. [1] The PMA would send him to the United States Naval Academy in 1989, [2] obtaining a bachelor's degree in computer science with merit. [1] He also attended China's Naval Command College in Nanjing in 2008 as part of an intergovernmental program.