The Philippine Army's (PA) Army Support Command (ASCOM) has played a "crucial" role in keeping the country peaceful for more than five decades already, Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., PA Commanding General, said.
Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., Commanding General of the Philippine Army, speaks to personn
(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) MANILA - The Philippine Army (PA) on Tuesday announced that almost 1,800 aspirants have participated in its two-day recruitment caravan held at Army headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila last March 12 to 13. "Some 1,212 aspiring enlisted personnel and 500 aspiring officers registered to take the pre-qualifying Armed Forces of the Philippines Service Aptitude Test (AFPSAT) during the weekend caravan. AFPSAT passers still need to hurdle interviews, physical fitness tests, trade tests, and physical, medical, and neuropsychiatric exams to determine if they are qualified for training," PA spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad said in a statement. He added that the two-day recruitment caravan, which is headed by the Army Personnel Management Center, is part of the series of month-long activities to celebrate the PA's 125th founding anniversary which is on March 22. Trinidad also said that nine PA major units Aviation Regiment, Armor Divi
Since its creation 30 years ago, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has contributed to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) a total of P56.4 billion, accounting for the biggest chunk or 44.21 percent of the P127.55-billion total asset disposition proceeds from 1993 to 2021.