The Armed Forces of the Philippines participated in the fourth quarter nationwide simultaneous Earthquake Drill on Thursday, November 10. Units and offices within military camps and installations joined the drill spearheaded by the Office of Civil Defense which also highlighted the call for tsunami awareness and preparedness as part of the World Tsunami Awareness observance.///

(Photos from AFP Peace and Development Office, 11th CMO Battalion, and AFP Reserve Command)

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines' Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) based in Tarlac City has dismantled three guerrilla fronts of the CPP-NPA as of 4th quarter 2022 under the leadership of Lieutenant General Ernesto Torres Jr.

NOLCOM’s intensified operations led to the reduction of CPP-NPA’s manpower and firearms with 417 communist terrorists and supporters neutralized, and 163 firearms seized.

AFP Acting Vice Chief of Staff LtGen William Gonzales and Atty Kristine Rosary Yuzon-Chavez, Executive Director of the Philippine Commission on Women, renewed a partnership agreement centered on mainstreaming gender and development matters in the military on Monday, November 7, at the AFP General Headquarters in Quezon City.

AFP Chief of Staff LtGen Bartolome Vicente Bacarro met with Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of General Staff of Vietnam People's Army and Vice Minister of National Defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Monday, November 7, at the General Headquarters in Quezon City.