NEWS

AFP designates new Deputy Chief of Staff for CMO

News Blog 07 June 2022

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City—The Armed Forces of the Philippines installed Brigadier General Gabriel C Viray III PA as the new Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil Military Operations, J7 on Thursday, 02 June 2022. Brig. Gen. Viray III replaced Maj. Gen. Nolasco A Mempin who assumed as the Commander of the 10th Infantry Division in February.

"Taking the helm of OJ7 is one of a lifetime experience. It provides me an opportunity to lead a highly motivated team, and an opportunity to serve our organization – the AFP, our stakeholders, the community that we engage in, and our country in general," Brig. Gen. Viray said.

General Centino meets with India’s National Defense College chief, students

News Blog 07 June 2022

CAMP GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO, Quezon City—The Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Andres C Centino PA met with Major General Manoj Kumar, other senior staff, and students of India’s National Defense College on Monday, 06 June 2022, at the General Headquarters here.

The meeting is part of a study tour aimed at providing the delegates, which included students from Sri Lanka, Uganda, Australia, Iran, and Uzbekistan; with an overview of the country’s socio-economic development, foreign policy, and security issues.

General Centino lauds AFP’s judge advocates in 85th anniversary

News Blog 07 June 2022

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City—The Office of the Judge Advocate General, Armed Forces of the Philippines celebrated its 85th Founding Anniversary with Supreme Court Associate Justice Japar B Dimaampao as Guest of Honor and Speaker.

A ceremony was held today, 07 June 2022, at the Tejeros Hall here that highlighted the AFP’s lawyers’ contribution to the military since the establishment of the Judge Advocate General Service (JAGS) in 1935.

The Deputy Chief of Staff, AFP meets Nigerian Defense Attaché

News Blog 03 June 2022

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame paid a courtesy call to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Deputy Chief of Staff on Tuesday, May 24.

Vice Admiral Rommel Anthony SD Reyes received the Nigerian Defense Attaché to the Philippines at the AFP General Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

AFP receives care packages for troops, kids in West Philippine Sea

News Blog 03 June 2022

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) received 29 boxes of care packages from the University of the Philippines Cadet Alumni Organization (UPCAO) intended for soldiers and school children in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) fronting the West Philippine Sea in Palawan on Monday, May 30.

Boxes of food supplies, drinking water, and toiletries will go to troops deployed in KIG detachments. Other goods such as milk, biscuits, school supplies and materials will be distributed to the children in the Islands that compose the Kalayaan Group.