CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officially opened the AFP Joint Exercise (AJEX) “DAGIT-PA” on Monday, November 7, in a ceremony presided by the AFP Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Bartolome Vicente Bacarro at the General Headquarters canopy area.

DAGIT-PA, which stands for “Dagat-Langit-Lupa” is an AFP-wide/AFP-only exercise that integrates Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Army, and AFP Special Operations Forces to level up capabilities to accomplish missions in the sea, air, and land.

AFP Chief of Staff LtGen Bartolome Vicente Bacarro led the wreath-laying ceremony at the Marine Heroes Monument, Marine Barracks Rudiardo Brown, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Monday, November 7, as part of the 72nd birthday of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC).

With the theme, “TEAM MARINES @ 72: Katuwang ng bawat Pilipino tungo sa mas mapayapa, maunlad, at nagkakaisang bansa,” the PMC will highlight "illustrious past and honor the distinguished legacy that the Marine forefathers have built in the last seven decades."

The CPP/NPA/NDF is losing not just in tactical battles, but in relevance as well. With the remaining 24 guerilla fronts, 19 of which are weakened and inactive, this leaves the Communist Party with five (5) fronts to pursue its violent means of achieving political objectives. With the relentless efforts of the government security forces to subdue insurgency, the CPP found its lower politico-military organs on the run, therefore incapable of implementing party programs, the lifeblood of its existence.