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Keyword:AFP chief
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I HAVE DEVOTED A NUMBER OF MY COLUMNS TO THIS SUBJECT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE AND THE NECESSITY OF A FIXED TERM OF OFFICE FOR THE AFP CHIEF, THE MAJOR SERVICE COMMANDERS (ARMY, AIR FORCE AND NAVY) AND ALSO FOR THE POST OF PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY SUPERINTENDENT. A FIXED TERM OF THREE YEARS FOR THE AFP CHIEF AND TWO YEARS FOR THE SERVICE COMMANDERS WILL GO A LONG WAY IN PROVIDING STABILITY AND CONTINUITY OF COMMAND, AS WELL AS SUSTAINABILITY OF REFORMS NECESSARY FOR THE AFP TO FULFILL ITS CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE AS 「THE PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE.」
"AND TO BE CANDID ABOUT IT, ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE GATHERED THIS MORNING TO WITNESS THE CHANGE-OF-COMMAND OF OUR DEAR ALMA MATER IS NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE FAILED AS AN EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTION BUT BECAUSE OUR OUTGOING SUPERINTENDENT, LT. GEN. RONNIE SEXON EVANGELISTA, TOOK THE HIGH GROUND OF TAKING FULL COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY, ONE OF THE LEADERSHIP TRAITS HE HAS LEARNED FROM THIS SACRED GROUND, TO PROTECT NOT ONLY THE ACADEMY BUT THE AFP AS A WHOLE," AFP CHIEF-OF-STAFF LT. GEN. NOEL CLEMENT SAID IN HIS SPEECH, DURING THE PMA CHANGE-OF-COMMAND CEREMONY HELD IN FORT GREGORIO DEL PILAR, BAGUIO CITY, WHICH WAS FORWARDED TO REPORTERS.
HE HAD ALSO SERVED AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR OPERATIONS, J3, AT CAMP AGUINALDO; COMMANDANT OF CADETS AND HEAD OF TACTICS GROUP AT THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY; CHIEF OF AFP MANAGEMENT AND FISCAL OFFICE; AND CHIEF OF ARMY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICE FROM 2012 TO 2017.
SO SAID FARMER』S GROUP KILUSANG MAGBUBUKID NG PILIPINAS (KMP) ON FRIDAY AS IT CONDEMNED THE APPOINTMENT OF LT. GEN. NOEL CLEMENT AS THE NEW AFP CHIEF OF STAFF.
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL BENJAMIN MADRIGAL DONS THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL TO CENTRAL COMMAND CHIEF NOEL CLEMENT AT THE AFP GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, CAMP AGUINALDO IN QUEZON CITY, JAN. 10, 2019. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CENTRAL COMMAND/PIO VIA PNA)
ON TUESDAY, LT. GEN. NOEL CLEMENT FORMALLY ASSUMED HIS POST AS THE 52ND CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP).
PANELO NOTED THAT TASK “IS NOT NEW TO GENERAL CLEMENT AS HE PREVIOUSLY HEADED THE AFP CENTRAL COMMAND (CENTCOM), LED THE PHILIPPINE ARMY’S 10TH INFANTRY DIVISION (10TH ID), AND SERVED AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR OPERATIONS OF THE AFP, AMONG OTHERS.”
"ALL THREE STAR GENERALS ARE QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION," AFP CHIEF-OF-STAFF GEN. BENJAMIN MADRIGAL, JR., TOLD REPORTERS WHEN ASKED ON WHETHER HE HAS RECOMMENDED ANYONE AS THE NEXT AFP CHIEF.
TAGS: AFP, CHIEF OF STAFF MADRIGAL, HONORS, LOCAL NEWS, PHILIPPINE NEWS UPDATE, PMA, PROVINCIAL NEWS, REGIONS, RETIRING
"YES, SIR," SAID LORENZANA, WHO HAS YET TO "CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZE" THE DEAL HIMSELF, NEARLY 3 WEEKS SINCE IT WAS SIGNED BY THEN-AFP CHIEF GENERAL BENJAMIN MADRIGAL JR AND DITO CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER ADEL TAMANO ON SEPTEMBER 11.
DUTERTE WAS EXPECTED TO WITNESS THE ASSUMPTION OF LT. GEN. NOEL CLEMENT OF THE MILITARY’S TOP POST. CLEMENT REPLACES RETIRING AFP CHIEF OF STAFF GEN. BENJAMIN MADRIGAL JR.
WHEN I TOOK OVER AS AFP』S BUREAU CHIEF FOR HONG KONG, MACAU AND TAIWAN LAST DECEMBER THERE WAS A PART OF ME THAT WORRIED THE PATCH MIGHT BE TOO QUIET.
THERE ARE 13 THREE-STAR GENERALS IN THE AFP. AMONG THEM ARE ARMY COMMANDER LT. GEN. MACAIROG ALBERTO; AIR FORCE COMMANDER LT. GEN. ROZZANO BRIGUEZ; NAVY FLAG OFFICER IN COMMAND VICE ADM. ROBERT EMPEDRAD; PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY SUPERINTENDENT LT. GEN. RONNIE EVANGELISTA; AFP CHIEF OF THE DIRECTORIAL STAFF LT. GEN. ERICKSON GLORIA; AFP VICE CHIEF OF STAFF VICE ADM. GAUDENCIO COLLADO JR.; AND AFP INSPECTOR GENERAL LT. GEN. ANTONIO RAMON LIM.

 

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