PHILIPINES MILITARY HISTORY

JOMAR A. DELOS REYES

PCED-08-101A
PRE-SPANISH
COLONIAL PERIOD
APRIL 27, 1521
LAPU-LAPU DEFEATED FERDINAND MAGELLAN.
DURING THE BATTLE OF MACTAN, THE VISAYAS
WITNESSED THE EARLIEST RECORDED ORGANIZED
FEBRUARY 1565 RESISTANCE AGAINST A FOREIGN AGGRESSOR OR
ANOTHER EXPEDITION, LED BY MIGUEL LOPES DE ENEMY
LEGAZPI, RETURNED AND SUCCEEDED WHERE
MAGELLAN HAD FAILED. ESTABLISHED A SPANISH
FORT IN CEBU AND EXPANDED CONTROL TO SPANISH COLONIAL
NEIGHBORING AREAS. PERIOD (1565-1898)
1570
SPANISH ATTEMPTED TO ARRIVE AT
MANILA IN 1570, BUT RAJAH SOLIMAN,
THE MUSLIM LEADER, REFUSED.
1571
MARTIN DE GOITE, SENT BY LEGAZPI,
CONQUERED MANILA AND
1574 - 1829 ESTABLISHED IT AS THE PHILIPPINES'
EARLY PILIPINOS RESISTED AND ROSE UP IN PROTEST CAPITAL.
AGAINST SPANISH COLONIAL CONTROL, WITH THE
FOLLOWING EXAMPLES: RAJA LAKANDULA (1574), MAGAT
SALAMAT (1588), MALONG REVOLT (1660), IGOROT REVOLT
(1601), IRRAYA/GADDANG REVOLT (1621), TAMBLOT REVOLT
IN BOHOL (1762-1722) , SILANG REVOLT (1763), TIMAWAS
REVOLT (1763), BASI REVOLT IN ILOCOS (1807)AND
DAGOHOY REVOLT IN BOHOL (1744-1829)
PILIPINO IN THE
SPANISH MILITARY
WE CONQUER, DIVIDE ARM SERVICE
AND RULE
THE SPANIARDS' EARLY CONTROL TAUGHT THEM THAT
THEY NEEDED THE SUPPORT OF INDIGENOUS TO STAY
IN POWER.
PILIPINOS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR BRAVERY,
LOYALTY, AND ABILITY TO LEAD OTHERS. SPAIN
HAD 1,500 TROOPS AND 6,000 NATIVE PILIPINO
SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND WHEN THE PHILIPPINE
REVOLUTION BROKE OUT.
THE FIRST FORMAL TRULY
PILIPINO MILITARY
ORGANIZATION
AUGUST 23, 1896
PUGAD LAWIN'S CRY SIGNIFIED THE BEGINNING OF
THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION AGAINST SPAIN. TWO
FACTIONS AROSE AS KATIPUNAN GREW IN
STRENGTH: THE MAGDALO, LED BY AGUINALDO,
AND THE MAGDIWANG, LED BY BONIFACIO.
FEBRUARY 04 1899
DURING THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR,
THE YOUNG ARMY RECEIVES ITS
BAPTISM BY FIRE.
1935
COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES
WAS INAUGURATED
JULY 26, 1941
US PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT ORDERED
THE 2 REGULAR AND 10 RESERVE DIVISIONS INTO
ACTION AS PART OF THE USAFE, WHICH WENT
INTO ACTIVE DUTY THE NEXT DAY.
OCTOBER 4, 1947
PRESIDENT MANUEL ROXAS RENAMED
THE ARMY THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
PHILIPPINES.
THE MARTIAL LAW
ERA (1972-1986)
JULY 07 1892
ANDRES BONIFACIO, KNOWN AS THE "FATHER OF
THE PHILIPPINE ARMY," CREATED A GROUP CALLED
THE "KATIPUNAN,"
MARCH 22 1897
TO RESOLVE THE QUARREL BETWEEN THE
TWO SIDES, THE TEJEROS CONVENTION
WAS CONVENED.
THE
COMMONWEALTH
ARMY (1935-1945)
JANUNARY 11 1936
THE PHILIPPINE ARMY WAS
REACTIVATED
1941 - 1944
ON DECEMBER 8, 1941, THE JAPANESE INVADED
BATAAN ISLAND. ON DECEMBER 10, 1941, JAPANESE
FORCES INVADED VIGAN AND APPARI. JAPANESE
ATTACKS RESULTED IN THE FALL OF BATAAN ON
APRIL 9, 1942, AND CORREGIDOR ON MAY 6, 1942. THE
LIBERATING US FORCES, LED BY GEN DOUGLAS MC
ARTHUR, MADE A SUCCESSFUL RETURN TO LEYTE ON
OCTOBER 20, 1944.
LATE 1960
THE AMY WAS ALSO USED AS A NATIONAL
DEFENSE FORCE AND A NATION BUILDER.
SEPTEMBER 21 1962
PRES FERDINAND MARCOS DECLARED
MARTIAL LAW IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
 AUGUST 21, 1986
SEN BENIGNO AQUINO WAS
ASSASSINATED FEBRUARY 22 1896
MINISTER JP ENRILE OVERTHREW THE
GOVERNMENT BUT FAILED WHEN PRESIDENT
EDSA REVOLUTION MARCOS DISCOVERED THE PLOT AND
ARRESTED ENRILE AND OTHER PLOTTERS
AGAPITO BUTCH AQUINO, THE SLAIN
SENATOR'S BROTHER, AND ARCHBISHOP
CARDINAL SIN CALL ON THE PEOPLE TO
BARRICADE CAMP CRAME IN ORDER TO
PROTECT ENRILE, RAMOS, AND THEIR MEN. THE MILITARY AFTER
1986 EDSA
FVR LEGACY REVOLUTION.
FIDEL V. RAMOS, DESPITE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES
IN MINDANAO'S OPPOSITION, THE SIGNING OF THE
PEACE DEAL BETWEEN THE MNLF LED BY NUR THE PJEE (ERAP) LEGACY
MISUARI AND THE FVR GOVERNMENT WAS A WHEN HIS CS AFP, GEN ANGELO T REYES, DENOUNCED
WELCOME MILESTONE. HIS SUPPORT FOR PJEEM, EDSA PEOPLE POWER 2 WAS
BORN. THE SND FOLLOWED SUIT IN WITHDRAWING
SUPPORT FOR PJEE. THEN THERE WERE ADDITIONAL
THE PGMA LEGACY
MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
ON 18 NOVEMBER 2011, PGMA WAS ARRESTED AND
WAS HELD AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL MEDICAL
CENTER, QC UNDER CHARGES OF ELECTORAL FRAUD THE PNOY LEGACY
BUT WAS LATER EXONERATED. THERE WAS A FLOOD OF NOSTALGIA AMONG THE
AUDIENCE. THE PUBLIC FOR HIS BRAND OF PURE,
HONEST, AND UNSELFISH PUBLIC SERVICE, WHICH HE
THE PRDD LEGACY ESTABLISHED AS A PAST DEMOCRATIC ICON.
DUTERTE ADMINISTRATION USED
THE POWER OF MILITARY TO
FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS
EVOLUTION AND
ROLE OF ROTC
OBJECTIVES
1. DEVELOP PATRIOTIC, UPRIGHT PHYSICALLY
SOUND AND DISCIPLINE CITIZENS.
2. CREATE A COPS OF TRAINED OFFICERS
FOR THE RESERVE FORCE
3. TAKE THE LEAD IN FOSTERING UNIVERSITY
SPRIT.