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In 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte established a comprehensive social benefits program for CAFGU members, including the military and the police, who are killed in the performance of their duties. Organization. CAFGU units are administered by, and under the operational control of, regular units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Philippine ...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP) ( Filipino: Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) are the military forces of the Philippines. It consists of three main service branches; the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy (including the Marine Corps ). The President of the Philippines is the Commander-in-Chief of the AFP and forms military policy with ...
The Philippine Military Academy ( Filipino: Akademiyang Militar ng Pilipinas / Spanish: Academia Militar de Filipinas) also referred to by its acronym PMA is the premier military academy for Filipinos aspiring for a commission as a military officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). [2] It was established on December 21, 1936, by the ...
The Department of National Defense ( DND; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Tanggulang Pambansa, KTP) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for guarding against external and internal threats to peace and security in the country. The Department of National Defense exercises executive supervision over the Armed Forces of the ...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines Reserve Command, [2] known officially as the AFP RESCOM or RESCOM, ( Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Panlaang Kawal ng Hukbong Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) is one of the Armed Forces of the Philippines ' Major Support Commands created for the sole purpose of Reserve Force management, procurement, and organization.
The Armed Forces & Police Mutual Benefit Association, Inc ( AFPMBAI) started in 1949 as the Armed Forces of the Philippines Mutual Benefit System ( AFPMBS) created by the AFP during the height of the anti-dissident campaign in Central Luzon. It was incorporated on September 1, 1965, and registered with the SEC as a non-stock corporation with ...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s decision to allow U.S. forces indefinite access to two Philippine air force and naval bases in Cagayan province near Batanes under a 2014 defense pact ...
Meritorious Achievement Medal. Distinguished Service Medal. Chief of Staff of the AFP Commendation Medal and Ribbon. Gawad sa Kaunlaran. Bronze Cross. Silver Wing Medal. Wounded Personnel Medal. Military Merit Medal. Combat - Spearhead.