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LATER BECAME 75IB, 6ID, PA ).
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS COMBAT
ACHIEVEMENTS, HE RECEIVED VARIOUS PRESTIGIOUS COMBAT AWARDS AND
DECORATIONS FROM HIGHER HEADQUARTERS INCLUDING THE CAVALIER AWARD
FOR GROUND COMBAT OPERATIONS GIVEN BY THE PMA ALUMNI ASSN INC (PMAAAI).
AFTER HIS
ACTION-FILLED TOUR OF DUTY IN MINDANAO, HE WAS ASSIGNED WITH THE
PERSONNEL AND CIVIL MILITARY OPNS OFFICES AT HPA, IN SEPARATE
OCCASIONS, FOR OVER FOUR YEARS FROM JUN 83 TO DEC 87 WHERE HE
SHARED HIS COMBAT EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED.
IN DEC
1987, HE WAS ASSIGNED WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY GROUP,
MALACANANG WHERE HE HELD 2 POSITIONS OF MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY; AS
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL, G1 AND LATER, AS ASSISTANT
CHIEF OF STAFF FOR OPERATIONS, G3. AFTERWARDS, HE WAS REASSIGNED
WITH GHQ, AFP AND HAD A SHORT STINT WITH RMO AS CHIEF, ADMIN
DIVISION.
IN JUNE 1994, HE WAS
DESIGNATED COMMANDING OFFICER OF 25IB, 6ID, PA BASED IN PANTUKAN,
DAVAO DEL NORTE TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNIST TERRORISTS MOVEMENT (CTM).
LATER, THE UNIT WAS TRANSFERRED TO CARMEN, COTABATO IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST THE MILF. HE TOOK THE COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COURSE (CGSC)
AFTERWARDS. UPON GRADUATION, HE WAS TAKEN BY THE SCHOOL AS HEAD OF
THE PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENT, CGSC, TRADOC.
IN FEB 1998, HE WAS
DESIGNATED COMMANDER OF THE CIVIL AFFAIRS GROUP (CAG), PHIL ARMY.
HE BECAME THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR PERSONNEL, G1, PHIL ARMY
AFTERWARDS WHERE HE HAS DONE HIS UTMOST SHARE IN IMPROVING THE
MORALE AND FIGHTING CAPABILITY OF THE ARMY TROOPERS.
IN JUNE 2001, HE WAS
SENT TO THE US ARMY WAR COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA WHERE HE EARNED HIS
MASTER DEGREE IN STRATEGIC STUDIES. UPON RETURN FROM SCHOOLING
ABROAD, HE WAS ASSIGNED SHORTLY WITH THE NDCP WHERE HE SHARED THE
KNOWLEDGE HE LEARNED ABROAD.
IN APR
2003, HE WAS TASKED TO ORGANIZE AND TO LEAD THE TASK FORCE DIAMOND (TFD)
ACTIVATED BY 4ID, PA. BARELY EQUIPPED, TWO WEEKS AFTER ITS
ACTIVATION, THE UNIT WAS DEPLOYED IN LANAO SUR, CAMP RANAO, MARAWI
CITY WITH 29IB, 30IB AND 67IB AS ITS MANEUVER UNITS. AFTER THE MILF
DARING ATTACK OF MAIGO, LN WHICH DISRUPTED THE SCHEDULED ‘PALARONG
PAMBANSA’ IN THE NEARBY CAPITAL OF TUBOD, LN, TFD INTENSELY
PARTICIPATED IN THE PUNITIVE OPERATIONS AGAINST THE MILF WHERE IT
OVERRAN AND CAPTURED SUCCESSFULLY DIFFERENT MILF CAMPS.
IN FEB 2004, HE WAS
DESIGNATED AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF 403RD BDE, 4ID, PA
BASED IN MALAYBALAY, BUKIDNON WITH 9IB, 8IB AND 26IB AS ITS
MANEUVERING UNITS ADDRESSING THE CTM AND MILF THREATS IN MISAMIS
ORIENTAL, BUKIDNON, CAMIGUIN PROVINCES AND A PART OF LANAO DEL SUR.
IN
RECOGNITION OF HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, HE
WAS AWARDED, AMONG OTHERS, THE FF; DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT STAR, 3-
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE STAR, 2- GOLD CROSS MEDALS, ONE IN A DARING
AND PERFECT RAID OF AN MNLF CAMP IN LANAO NORTE IN 1981 , AN
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL AND A BRONZE CROSS MEDAL.
SOME OF THE
SIGNIFICANT MILITARY COURSES HE ATTENDED WERE: FIELD ARTILLERY OFFR
BASIC COURSE AT PHIL ARMY TRNG CMD, FORT BONIFACIO; FIELD ARTILLERY
OFFICER ADVANCE COURSE AT FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, USA; TERRORIST
ANALYSIS COURSE AT LOUISIANA STATE POLICE ACADEMY; CRISIS MANAGEMENT
COURSE BY THE MOBILE BRITISH ARMY TRAINING TEAM (BATT) IN MANILA;
COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COURSE AT CGSC, TRADOC, AND MASTER IN
STRATEGIC STUDIES AT US ARMY WAR COLLEGE IN CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
HE IS HAPPILY
MARRIED TO MS LOLITA CHAN CUNANAN OF LINAMON, LANAO NORTE AND
BLESSED WITH FOUR (4) CHILDREN NAMELY, REGINA, LOREN, MAUI AND ARJAY. |
