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The Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) [3] is a Special Operations Forces unit of the Philippine Army. The unit is based on and continually trains with its American counterpart, the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets). [4] The basic combat organization of the Special Forces is the 12-man Special Forces Team.
Training is the major task handled by 7RCDG, ARESCOM. Its primary arms are the university/college-based Department of Military Science and Tactics-administered mandatory basic and the optional advanced Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC); [3] and the territorial unit-administered Basic Citizen's Military Training (BCMT).
The AFPSOCOM traces its roots to the Army Special Warfare Brigade (ASWABde) that was organized in January 1978. [3] The Army Special Warfare Brigade was the first attempt to unify the specialties of two army units with the most highly trained personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Special Forces and the Scout Rangers, and structure their collective efforts into a highly ...
These Anti-Communist Operations supported the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, and the CAFGU militia forces. Their primary opponents were the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA), and other local criminal elements. Its headquarters are currently located at Fort Ramon Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija ...
The division was established on October 24, 1987, by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, with Brig. General Gonzalo H. Siongco as the first Commanding General assigned in its headquarters in Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.
The background of the badge is moss green and its center is a yellow stripe(s). Presented by: The Republic of the Philippines: Eligibility: Military Personnel: Clasps: maybe awarded to all other personnel from the PAF, PN, and PMC who have been assigned to units engaged in combat, combat support, combat support operations for at least one ...
The 22nd Infantry Division (Ready Reserve), Philippine Army, known as the Eagle Division, is one of the Army Reserve Command's ready reserve infantry divisions. The unit specializes in Urban Warfare , Urban Search and Rescue , Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief , and Civil-Military Operations .
The Light Reaction Regiment (LRR) is the premier special operations unit of the Philippine Army (PA), under the operational control of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Special Operations Command (AFPSOCOM), The Unit was formed with the assistance of the United States Army’s 1st Special Forces Group (1SFG) in the Early 2000's in response to several high profile kidnappings and terrorism in ...