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The Commanding General of the Philippine Army (CGPA) is the overall commander and highest ranking officer commissioned to serve in the Philippine Army. The position concurrently holds the three-star rank of Lieutenant General. [2] The commanding general is appointed by the President of the Philippines and confirmed by the Commission on ...
The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP) is the highest-ranking military officer (except for the President of the Philippines, who holds the position of Commander-in-Chief equivalent to a five-star general) and the head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), including all service branches (Army, Air Force, Navy–Marine Corps) under its command.
His father, retired brigadier general Alejandro Galido, was born in Sebaste, Antique on 12 July 1936 and was a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) class of 1958. Alejandro was later involved in the December 1989 coup against President Corazon Aquino before resigning afterwards as the former commander of the AFP Southern Luzon ...
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was also made Field Marshal of the Philippine Army with five-star rank in 1938, the only person to hold that rank. Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Philippines, holds an equivalent of five-star general under the title Generalissimo and Minister/Field Marshal as the first commander-in-chief of ...
Brigadier General Commander-in-chief-Magdiwang Army; Captain General of Magdiwang Army; Katipunan (Magdiwang) Cavite: 11. Pascual Álvarez *Brigadier General [5] Katipunan (Magdiwang) Cavite: 12. Vicente Álvarez: Lieutenant General Datu Tumanggung (Royal Marshall of Camp) – title bestowed by the Sultan of Sulu
Año was eventually named the 48th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines after serving his term as Army chief for 1 year and 5 months, from December 7, 2016, to October 26, 2017. He received the Philippine Military Academy Cavalier Award in 1996 as an outstanding PMA Alumnus in the field of Army Operations.
Romeo Saturnino Brawner Jr. (born March 18, 1968) is a Philippine Army general who has served as the 60th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines since July 21, 2023. [2] Prior to his appointment to the post, Brawner previously served as the 64th Commanding General of the Philippine Army .
Faustino was born on November 12, 1965, in Itogon, Benguet, and grew up in Malolos, Bulacan.He is the son of retired Philippine Army colonel, Jose Faustino Sr. Faustino entered the Philippine Military Academy in 1983 and graduated as part of the Maringal Class of 1988.