Chairpersons and members of the AFP Selection Board for 2023 take their oath before the OIC-DND, Senior USec Carlito Galvez Jr, on March 20, at the DND Social Hall at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

The various Boards of the Major Services and the Technical and Administrative Services will implement the AFP's Officer Promotion System. They are among the military’s main screening bodies that perform the tedious and meticulous task of enforcing meritocracy under the principles of merit, fitness, character, honor, and integrity.

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – Military operations conducted by the different units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) from March 10 to 16 resulted in the neutralization of 29 communist terrorist group (CTG) members, seven Abu Sayyaf bandits and seven more Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).

Three Communist NPA Terrorist (CNTs) were killed in an encounter against joint elements of the 602nd Brigade, 90th Infantry Battalion, 34IB, and police units in Pikit, North Cotabato, on March 11. On the same day, two more were killed while a caliber .45 pistol was seized by operating elements of 6IB and police operatives in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) welcomed the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS) for Personnel, J1, in a Change of Chief of Office Ceremony with the Acting The Deputy Chief of Staff, AFP, LtGen William N Gonzales PA as the presiding officer at the AFP General Headquarters on March 17.

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City - An AFP Delegation led by Gen Andres C. Centino PA attended the Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) Japan from 14-17 Mar 2023. DSEI Japan is the only large-scale fully integrated defence event that has ever taken place in Japan.

It is where the global defence industry meets the Japanese defence community, supporting the sourcing of the latest equipment and systems, developing international relationships and generating new business opportunities and partnerships between Japan and the world.