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MGEN ARMANDO L CUNANAN AFP
CAMP LUKBAN, CATBALOGAN, SAMAR

.../AND 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.

 
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