AFP chief, 20 pa aprub sa CA

By C.Martin/N.Aclan

Hataw, Thursday, March 24, 2011

KINOMPIRMA na ng panel ng Commission on Appointments ang appointments ni Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Eduardo Oban at 20 iba pang opisyal.

Walang tumutol na mga miyembro ng CA’s committee on national defense nang irekomenda para sa plenary action ang nominasyon kay Oban para maging heneral.

Bukod kay Oban, ang 20 military officials na inaprubahan ng komite ay sina Marlon Cosue, Colonel (Medical Corps); Cheston Valencerina, Colonel (Corps of Professors); Nestor Losbanes, Read Admiral (Armed Forces of the Philippines); Arnel Dorado, Colonel (Philippine Army); Ernesto Aradanas, Brigadier General (AFP); Ramil Roberto Enriquez, Captain (Philippine Navy); Nelson Dancel, Colonel (Medical Corps); Fernando Gomez, Colonel (Philippine Navy-Marines); Hilario Vicente Lagnada, Colonel (Philippine Navy); Marjorie Filoteo, Colonel (Veterinary Corps); Wilfredo Ona, Brigadier General (AFP); Antonino Gascon Jr., Commodore (AFP); Alexander Pama, Vice Admiral (AFP); Roberto Morales, Major General (AFP); Nicanor Dolojan, Brigadier General (AFP); Eduardo Lacanienta, Brigadier General (AFP); Ramon Tan, Colonel (Medical Corps); Edwin Leo Torrelavega, Colonel (Medical Corps); Angelita Larin, Colonel (Medical Corps); at Fred Payawan, Brigadier General (AFP).

Military's Bayanihan has new head

By Donna Pazzibugan

Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Armed Forces of the Philippines has a new chief for civil military operations, three months into the implementation of a new counter-insurgency plan, Bayanihan, which gives equal importance to community projects in "winning the peace."

Navy Commodore Miguel Jose Rodriguez, assumed office as deputy chief of staff for civil military operations (J7) on Friday, the AFP announced over the weekend.

Rodriguez replaced Army Brig. Gen. Nonato Peralta Jr. who was named Philippine Military Academy (PMA) superintendent following the retirement of Vice Adm. Leonardo Calderon on March 11.

A member of PMA Class 1980, Rodriguez was commander of the Fleet-Marine ready Force, before being appointed J7.

"CMO (civil military operations) is where my heart belongs,"he said during the turnover ceremonies.

He described Peralta as his mentor with whom he worked in the commemoration of the Battle of Sibuyan.

Rodriguez said the Filipino tradition of bayanihan or community spirit "is what civil military operations is about."

Rodriguez had served as assistant chief of staff for CMO for the AFP Western Command (Wescom) and chief of the evaluation and research branch of the Office of the Secretary of the AFP joint staff.

Rodriguez assumes post

By Elena A. Aben

Manila Bulletin, Monday, March 21, 2011

Navy Commodore Miguel Jose S. Rodriguez has formally assumed as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) 39th Deputy Chief of Staff Civil- Military Operations (J7), succeeding Bring. Gen Nonato Alfredo T. Peralta Jr., who is now the Superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA). Rodriguez, a member of the PMA Class of 1980 was Fleet Marine Ready Force commander prior to his assumption of the J7 post. In assuming his post, Rodriguez vowed to help bring in to the national consciousness the spirit of "bayanihan", which is what the Civil-Military Operations is about.

New AFP deputy chief of staff installed

By Jaime Laude

The Philippine Star, Sunday, March 20, 2011

A senior Navy officer was installed yesterday as the Armed Forces of the Philippines deputy chief of staff for Civil Military Operations, a key military position left vacant, as a result of the continuing changes triggered by the recent reteriment of AFP chief and now Immigration Commisioner Ricardo David.

In a simple turn-over rites, Commodore Miguel Jose Rodriguez, commander of the Navy’s Fleet-Marine Ready Force, assumed command of the AFP’s J-7, from its outgoing J-7 commander, Brig. Gen. Nonato Alfredo Peralta Jr.

Peralta was literally kicked up following his official designation as the new superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) replacing Vice Admiral Leonardo Calderon who retired from the military service March 11.

The Philippine Navy has already recommended four names of senior officers to choose who among them would replace Rodriguez as commander of the Navy’s fighting force.

“The AFP welcomes Commodore Rodriguez as its 39th deputy chief of staff for Civil Military Operations,” AFP Public Information Office chief, Lt. Col. Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos said.

Rodriguez was a member of the PMA Class of 1980. Aside from being designated as commander of the Navy Fleet-Marine Ready Force, he has commanded several Navy ships.

He is also aholder of Public Management and Law degrees from the University of the Philippines and Baguio Colleges Foundation, and a recipient of awards and decorations to include numerous military merit medals and the Gold Cross Medal.

In his assumption speech, after being installed by Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista on behalf of AFP chief Lt. Gen. Eduardo Oban, Rodriguez vowed that he will do his best so that his new position will become an instrument of peace and will focus his command efforts on the implementation of Oplan Bayanihan.