He was the company commander of the 33rd Infantry Battalion who rescued Bishop Escaler of Ipil. With his leadership and courageous actions, “At 2 p.m. Feb. 25, 1985 deadline for the safe conduct passes given the negotiators by the military, a company of soldiers routed the 11 kidnappers in a surprise attack on the banks […]
First of all, a Signal Officer never becomes a general in the Army. He has to compete with the Navy and Air Force for a position at GHQ. He can never be a 3-star, much more the Chief-of-Staff. The best he can get is a 2-star, if he has still time when the J6 retires. […]
An absolute necessity in the preparation of Cyber Security is the identification of critical AFP information functions; and to include, information, information services, and infrastructures upon which these functions depend. There must now be a lead office tasked to protect above-mentioned functions. The physical isolation of information, provisions for access control, and authentication of authorized […]
I am COL JESUS LOMEDA JR of the Signal Corps. I will not hide in anonymity. I am writing this for the good of the AFP with an intention to be settled amongst our leaders. I know I will surely be “endorsed” and be reporting to SND and upperclassmen when this circulates . . . […]
I remember the time during my promotion to Full Colonel, nine of us from class ’80 in the previous promotion were jumped over by class ’81 and a few from class ’82 due to some “offenses” and others for being assigned to the Intelligence Service, AFP (ISAFP) for too long daw. The following year we […]
A Tribute to BGEN CARLOS M CLET AFP (December 3, 1957 – April 7, 2009) Everytime I would catch a glimpse of PGMA in the news, whether it may be on TV or newspaper, especially during live Presidential appearances, I always look for Caloy. I was never disappointed. Caloy was always there, behind the President […]
Everybody misses the point whenever the notion of a “Signal Regiment” is brought out. People immediately suspects that the Signal Corps only wants to claim the 4.4% share of the star rank position in the Army, as stipulated in the Army regulations on AFPOS ceiling. Yes, it is partly true but the main motivation should […]
On Adjusting to Change: LTGEN YANO (CGPA) to Conference Group Alfa on 05 Nov 2007, “Radio Messages must not be all in capitalized letters. It should conform to ordinary letter-document format because we are sending them by fax or email, no longer by Morse codes!” The Combat Support for an Intensified Internal Security Operations (ISO) […]
16 MAY 2007 AMENITIES: GENERAL DILODILO Sir, the Presiding Officer; distinguished members of Conference Group Alfa; ladies and gentlemen, good morning! It is a fine day for speeches. There are nine speeches all in all, to include one from the Presiding Officer. All I want to do today is to ask you a direct question […]
22 Jan 1958 – 03 April 2005 We lost Lito Cruz on the same day Pope John Paul II died. We are now starting to miss Lito, his reassuring voice, and the happy ending we wished for him—to be a Commanding General of one of the five engineering brigades in the Army. It is indeed […]
Cyber Arnis 