By2028,

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classAr
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ceofnat
ionalpr
ide.

HEADQUARTERS
201(CAG)COMMUNI TYDEFENSECENTER
nd
2 REGIONALCOMMUNI TYDEFENSEGROUP, ARESCOM
Capi
tol
Hill
s,Al
i
mannao,Peǹabl
anca,
Cagayan

LESSONMANUSCRI
PT
1.LessonTi
tl
e:Mi
li
tar
yOr
gani
zat
ion

2.I
ntr
oduct
ion:(
5mi
nut
es)

a.Backgr
oundoft
hesubj
ect

b.Mot
ivati
on/
Objecti
ve
Gent
lemen,attheendoft
hislesson,
youmustbeabl
eto:
a.
Discusstheor
gani
zationofAFP
b.Expl
ainthesi
gni
fi
canceofROTCMili
tar
yOrgani
zat
ion

c.ScopeoftheSubject
A.Mil
it
aryor
ganizat
ion
B.Chai
nofCommand
C.Depart
mentofNat i
onal
Def ense
D.ArmedForcesofthePhil
ippines

3.BODY

MI
LITARYORGANI
ZATI
ON

TheAr medFor cesoft hePhi l

ippi
nes(AFP)r ecognizestheconsti
tut
ionoft he
Republicoft hePhi li
ppinesast helegit
imateexpressionoft hepeople’
swi l
l.I tis
mandat edtoser veandpr otectthepeopleandsecur et hesover
eignt
yofthestateand
theint
egrit
yofi t
snat i
onalterri
toryfr
om inter
nalandext er
nalt
hreats.Theref
ore,the
AFPpledgesal legiancetotheFi l
ipi
nopeople,adher
est othepri
ncipl
eofsupremacyof
civ
il
ianaut hori
tyov erthemi l
i
taryatal lti
mesandv owst oupholdanddef endt he
consti
tuti
on.

MI
LITARYORGANI
ZATI
ON

I
tisdefi
nedasagr oupofpersonsorunit
sbondedtoget
hertoperform mi
l
itar
y
f
unct
ionswit
hdefi
nit
eresponsi
bil
i
tiesanddut
iesassi
gnedt
oeachindiv
idual.
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classAr
myt
hati
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ionalpr
ide.

THECHAI
NOFCOMMAND

I
nanyorganizati
on,f
lowofaut hor
it
yandr esponsi
bil
it
yisofutmostimport
ance.
I
tenabl
esanor ganizat
iontofuncti
onsmoot hly
.Andt hus,ever
ythi
ngthathastodo
wit
htheoperat
ionoft hegroupmustpasst hr
oughchannel s.Inthemili
tar
ypointof
vi
ew,ef
fect
ivemanagementoft hegroupsisshownt hr
oughthechainofcommand.

ThePr esident(Commander -i
n-Chief
)
Secr etaryofNat ional
Def ense–
ChiefofSt aff,
AFP
Maj orSer viceCommander s(PA, PN,PAF)
Unified Command Commander ( NOLCOM, SOLCOM, WESCOM, VI
SCOM,
WESTMI NCOM, EASTMI NCOM)
DivisionCommander s
BrigadeCommander s
Bat t
alionCommander s
CompanyCommander s
PlatoonLeader s
SquadLeader s/Team Leaders

DEPARTMENTOFNATI
ONALDEFENSE

TheDepar
tmentofNat
ionalDef
ense(
DND)i
slocat
edatCampEmi
l
ioAgui
nal
do,
EDSA,
QuezonCity.

TheDNDi stheagencyundertheExecut
iveBr anchofthegov er
nmentwhi chi
s
responsi
bleforthesuperv
isi
onoft henati
onaldefensepr ogram ofthecountry
. To
accomplishthi
smi ssi
on,ithasexecuti
vesupervi
sionov erthebureaus,of
ficesand
servi
cesthatar
eplacedbythePresi
dentunderi
tsj
urisdict
ion.

MI
SSI
ONOFDND

1. Tosuppor tanddef endt heconst it

uti
onoftheRepubl i
cofthePhili
ppi
nes
agai
nstal
lenemiesbothf
orei
gnanddomest i
c.
2. Toensur e,byt i
mel yandeff
ecti
veaction,thesecur
it
yofthe
RPandofv i
tali
nterest.
3. Touphol dandadv ancethenat
ionalpoli
ciesandint
erest
sof
theRP.
4. Tosaf eguar
dthei nter
nal securi
tyofRP.

ARMEDFORCESOFTHEPHI
LIPPI
NES

I
nli
newit
ht heacceptedconceptofciv i
l
ianauthori
tyoverthemili
taryandas
provi
dedinourConsti
tut
ion,t
hePresidenti
st heCommander–i n-
Chi
efoft heArmed
ForcesofthePhili
ppi
nes. ThePr esi
dentexer ci
sesstrat
egi
cdi r
ecti
onthroughthe
Secret
aryofNat
ionalDef
enseandexer ci
sesthesamet hroughtheChiefofStaff
,AFP
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hati
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ionalpr
ide.

whodi
rect
lyr
epr
esent
shi
m.

MI
SSI
ONOFTHEARMEDFORCESOFTHEPHI
LIPPI
NES.

1. To uphol dthe soverei

gnty,suppor tt he constituti
on and defend t he
t
err
it
oryoft
heRPagai nstal
lenemies,bot
hf oreignanddomest ic.
2. Toadv ancethenati
onalaims,interestsandpolicies.
3. To ef fecti
vely plan f or the organi zation,maintenance,
devel
opmentandempl oymentofi tsactiveandr eser veforcesf
ornat i
onal
secur
it
y.
4. Toper form suchot herduti
esast hePr esidentmaydi
r ect
.

STATEMENTOFBASI
CFUNCTI
ONS

1. TheChi efofSt aff,AFP–i sthehighestmili

taryof fi
cerintheAFP.Bei ng
theCommandi ngGeneraloft heAFP,heexer cisescommandov erallel
ementsoft he
organizati
on.Heexecut est hePr esi
dent’
scommandf unctionsi nrelat
iontomi l
it
ary
strat
egy ,tact
icsand oper ati
on. Hei st heimmedi ate adv iseroft he SND and is
responsibl
ef ort heplanning,dev elopmentandexami nationoft heNat i
onalDefense
Program.
2. TheVi ceChi efofSt af
f,AFP – VCSAFP i st heDeput yCommandi ng
Generaloft heAFP.Heassi ststheChi efofStaffandperformshi sfuncti
onduri
ngt he
l
atter’
sabsenceori nabil
itytoper form.

3. TheDeput yChiefofSt
aff
,AFP–DCSAFPi sdesignat
edbytheCSAFPand
exer
cisesgener
alsuper
visi
onovert
heJointSt
affandSpeci
alStaf
f(Admini
str
ati
veand
Technical
).

4. Secr et
aryofJoi
ntSt
aff
,AFP–t heSJSAFPi
stheexecut
iveof
fi
ceroft
he
CSAFP,VCSAFPandDCSAFP.Heisthesecr
etar
yoft
heJoi
ntSt
aff
.

a. TheJoi
ntChi
ef,
AFP:

Thegener
alstaffoftheAFP isknownast heJoi
ntStaff
,AFP
(JSAFP).Iti
scomposedoftheCSAFP,theVCSAFP,theDCSAFPandt heheadsoft
he
JointSt
affDi
visi
ons.Fol
l
owingar
et hedi
ff
erentJoi
ntSt
affDi
vi
sions:

1) The Deput y ChiefofSt afffor

Per
sonnelandAdmi nist
rat
ion,J1
2) TheDeput
yChi efofStafff
orIntel
ligence,J2
3) TheDeput
yChi efofStafff
orOper ations,J3
4) TheDeput
yChi efofStafff
orLogist i
cs,J4
5) TheDeput
yChi efofStafff
orPlans, J5
6) The Deput y ChiefofSt afffor
Communicati
ons,Electr
onicsandI nformationSyst
em, J6
7) TheDeput
yChi efofStafff
orCivil
Mi l
it
aryOperati
on,J7
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myt
hati
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ionalpr
ide.

8) The Deput y ChiefofSt

afff
or
Reser
vistandReser
v eFor
ceDev
elopment,J8

b. TheSpeci
alSt
aff
:

TheSpeci
alStafff
ortheAFPconsistoft
het wostaf
fgroups,
which
adv
iset
heCSAFPonmat
tersper
taini
ngtothei
rspeci
ali
zedfi
eldsofserv
iceoract
ivi
ty.

1) TheAdmi
nist
rat
iveSt
aff

a) TheInspectorGener al(TIG)
b) TheAdjutantGener al(TAG)
c) TheJudgeAdv ocateGener al (
TJAG)
d) TheChief,Chapl ai
nSer vi
ce( TCCHS)
e) TheChiefFinanceSer vice(TCFS)
f) The Chief Pr
ovost
MarshalGeneral (TCPMG)
g) TheChiefSpeci alServ
ices( TCSPS)
h) TheChiefHistoricalActiv
iti
es( TCHA)
i
) TheChiefDoctr
ines
Devel
opment( TCDD)

2) TheTechni
cal
Staf
f

a) TheChiefofEngineers( TCE)
b) TheQuartermasterGener al(
TQMG)
c) The Chief
,
Communi cati
on,El ectr
onics & I
nfor
mat
ion Ser
vice
(TCCES)
d) TheSurgeonGener al(TSG)
e) TheChiefDentalSer v
ice(TCDS)
f) TheChiefNurse(TCN)

c. TheAFPWi
de-
Suppor
tandSepar
ateUni
ts

Dir
ectl
yundert
heCSAFPareanumberofsepar
ateunit
scall
edthe
AFP Wi deSupportand Separ
ateUnit
s(AFPWSSU). Theseunit
sperform speci
fi
c
funct
ionsandserv
icesfort
hewholear
medforces.

1) GHQ&HSC
2) Presidenti
alSecuri
tyGroup(PSG)
3) Phili
ppineMili
taryAcademy(PMA)
4) JointCommandandSt af
fColl
ege(JCSC)
5) AFPReser veCommand( AFPRESCOM)
6) AFPLogi sti
csCent er(
AFPLC)
7) I
ntelli
genceSer v
ice,AFP (
ISAFP)
 By2028,
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classAr
myt
hati
sasour
ceofnat
ionalpr
ide.

8) AFPMedi calCenter( AFPMC)

9) AFP Communi
cat
ions,
El
ectronicsandI nformat i
onSyst
em (
AFPCEIS)
10) AFPFi nanceCent er( AFPFC)
11) AFP Commi ssar
yandExchange
Servi
ce( AFPCES)
12) Civ
ilRelationService,AFP( CRSAFP)

MI
SSI
ONANDFUNCTI
ONSOFTHEAFP

Themissi
onoftheArmedFor
cesoft
hePhili
ppi
nesis:
“Toprot
ectt
hepeopl
eand
secur
ethesover
eignt
yoft
hestat
eandthei
ntegr
it
yofthenati
onal
ter
ri
tor
y.”

Thef
oll
owi
ngar
ethef
unct
ionsoft
heAr
medFor
cesoft
hePhi
l
ippi
nes:

1) Uphol dthesov er ei
gnty,supporttheConst i
tuti
onanddef endt he
ter
rit
oryoftheRepubl
i
coft hePhil
ippinesagai nstall
enemies,for
eignanddomest i
c.
2) Pr omoteandadv ancethenat i
onalai
ms, goals,i
nter
estandpoli
cies.
3) Or gani
ze,mai ntain,dev el
op and deployi t
sr egul
arand reserve
for
ces.
4) Per f
orm otherfunct i
onsaspr ovi
dedbyl aw orassignedbyhigher
authori
ty.

MAJORSERVI
CESOFTHEAFP

ThearmedforceiscomposedoftheRegul
arFor
ceandtheReserv
eForce.The
regul
arf or
ceconsist
soft heregul
aroff
icer
sandmenandaper centageofreserve
offi
cer
sandper sonnelcal
l
edforortoacti
veduty
. TheAFPhasthreeMajorSer
vices
namely:

1. Phi
l
ippi
neArmy
2. Phi
l
ippi
neNavy
3. Phi
l
ippi
neAi
rForce
 By2028,
awor
ld-
classAr
myt
hati
sasour
ceofnat
ionalpr
ide.

AFPORGANI
ZATI
ONALCHART
AFP

PA PN PAF Maj
orSer
vices

Ar
eaCommands

NOLCOM SOLCOM VI
SCOM WESCOM NCOM
EASTMI WESTMI
NCOM

AFP-
WideSuppor
tSepar
ateUni
ts

GHQ/
HS PSG PMA AFPJCSC AFP LOGCTR I
SAFP AFPMC
RESCOM
C

AFPCEI
S AFPCEI
S PASAFP AFPFC
 By2028,
awor
ld-
classAr
myt
hati
sasour
ceofnat
ionalpr
ide.

AFP

PA PN PAF

NOLCOM SOLCOM VI
SCOM WESCOM SOUTHCOM

GHQ/
HS PSG PMA AFPJCSC AFP LOGCTR I
SAFP AFPMC
RESCOM
C

AFPCEI
S AFPCEI
S PASAFP AFPFC
 By2028,
awor
ld-
classAr
myt
hati
sasour
ceofnat
ionalpr
ide.

MI
SSI
ONOFPHI
LIPPI
NEARMY

“
By2028aWor
ld-
ClassAr
myt
hati
sasour
ceofnat
ional
pri
de”

CAPABI
LITI
ES

1. Or ganize,t r
ainandequi parmyf or
cesf ortheconductof
promptandsust ainedcombatoper ati
onsonl and.
2. Dev elop doct rines,pr ocedures,tactics, organizat
ion &
equipmentpecul i
art othearmy .
3. Dev eloped i n coor dinati
on wi t
h ot her maj or servi
ces,
doctrines,procedur es,tacti
csandequi pmentofi nteresttot hearmyf or
j
ointoper ati
ons.
4. Pr ovideanor ganizat i
oncapabl eoff urni
shingadequate,ti
mel yandreli
able
i
ntel
l
igencef
orthear my.
5. Or gani ze,
trai
nandequi pal l
ar myreser veuni
ts.

MI
SSI
ONOFTHEPHI
LIPPI
NEAI
RFORCE

Toconductpr
omptandsustai
nedoper
ati
onsintheairespeci
all
ythosef
orces
neededtodef
endthePhi
l
ippi
nesagai
nstai
rat
tacks,t
ogainairsuper
ior
it
yandcontr
ol
vi
talai
rar
eas.

CAPABI
LITI
ES

1. Or ganize,tr
ainandequi pairfor cesf orclosesupportofsurf
acetroops.
2. Dev el
op doct ri
nes,pr ocedur es,t acti
cs organizat
ion and equipment
peculi
artotheairforceforuni-ser
v i
ceoper ations.
3. Dev el
oped i n coor dinati
on wi t
h ot her maj or servi
ces, doctri
nes,
procedur
es,tact
icsandequi pmentofi nterestt ot heairfor
ceforjoi
ntoperati
ons.
4. Fur nishaerialphotographyforcar tographicpur
posesi ncoordi
nati
onwi t
h
othergover
nmentagenci es.
5. Per form suchot herfuncti
onsast hePr esidentmaydirect
.

MI
SSI
ONOFPHI
LIPPI
NENAVY

Toorgani
ze,trai
n,equip,mai
ntai
nandoperat
enavalforces,ai
rcr
aftandot
her
navaluni
tsnecessaryto provi
dethewaterbornesuppor
tr equir
ed bytheAFP in
accompli
shmentofit
smi ssi
on.

CAPABI
LITI
ES

1. Assi
stpr
opergov
ernmentagenci
es i
nthe enf
orcementofl
aws and
 By2028,
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classAr
myt
hati
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ionalpr
ide.

regulations per
taining to navigati
on,i mmi gr
ati
on,custom rev enue,quar
antine and
fi
shingi ntheter
ritorialandcontiguouswat erofthePhil
i
ppines.
2. Dev elop doct r
ines,pr ocedures,tact
ics,organization and equipment
peculiartothenav yf oruni
-servi
ceoper ati
ons.
3. Per for m suchotherdutiesast hePresi
dentmaydir ect.

MI
SSI
ONOFARESCOM

Todev el
op,or
ganize,tr
ain,
equipandadminist
erahighl
ycompetentmobi
li
zeabl
e
r
eser
vefor ceasanintegr
alcomponentofthetotalarmyinthedef
enseofthest
ateand
t
oparti
cipateint
hesocio-economicsdevel
opmenteffor
tofthegover
nment.

CAPABI
LITI
ES

1. Admi ni
sterr eser vi
sts.
2. Pr ov
idear eadyr eserveforce.
3. Conducti nf ormal assembl y.
4. Sustainthepr oductionofr eser
vists.
5. Assistinrel iefandr escueoperationsdur
ingdisast
erandcalamit
ies.
6. Assistthel ocal governmentuni t
s.
7. Assistinsoci o-economi cact i
vi
ti
es.
8. Assistreti
r eesandv eterans.
9. Suppor tt
hei nternalsecur i
tyoperati
onsinter
msofi ntel
l
igencecoll
ect
ion
andci
vil
mil
i
tar
yoperations.

SUMMARY
Gent
lemenandLadi
es

Fort
hepastf
ewhour
swewer
eabl
etodi
scusst
hedi
ff
erentMi
l
itar
yOr
gani
zat
ion
ofAFP.

I
npar
ti
cul
ar,
wewer
eabl
etounder
standandi
dent
if
ythepr
esentor
gani
zat
ionof
t
heAF.

Arether
eanycl
ari
fi
cati
onquest
ionsr
egar
dingoursubj
ectmat
ter
?Ify
oudon’
t
havequesti
onsorcl
ari
fi
cat
ions,t
hatendsourl
ectur
eandonceagaingooddayto
ever
ybody.
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awor
ld-
classAr
myt
hati
sasour
ceofnat
ionalpr
ide.

QUESTI
ONNAI
RE

1.I
tisr
ecogni
zedbyt
heAFPast
hel
egi
ti
mat
eexpr
essi
onoft
hepeopl
e’
swi
l
l.
a. Const
it
uti
onoftheRepubl
i
coft
hePhi
l
ippi
nes.
b. Media
c. Bothaandb
d. Noneoftheabove
2.I
tisdef
inedasagr
oupofper
sonsoruni
tsbondedt
oget
hert
oper
for
m mi
l
itar
y
funct
ionswithdef i
niteresponsi bil
iti
esanddutiesassi
gnedtoeachi ndi
vi
dual.
a.Mi l
i
taryOr ganizati
on
b.Depar tmentofNat i
onal Def ense
c.ArmedFor cesoft hePhi li
ppi nes
d.Noneoft heAbov e
3.HeistheCommander -
in-
Chiefoft heArmedForcesofthePhil
ippines
a.ChiefJust i
ce
b.ChiefofSt affoftheAFP
c.Senat ePresident
d.Presidentoft hePhi l
ippi
nes
4.Iti
stheflowofaut hori
tyandr esponsibi
l
ityi
ntheMili
tar
yorganizati
on.
a.Dutiesandr esponsi bil
it
ies
b.Chainofcommand
c.Noneoft heabov e
d.Bothaandb
5.Itisanagencywhi chi sresponsi bleforthesupervi
sionoft henationaldef
ense
progr
am oft hecount ry.
a.AFP
b.DND
c.PSG
d.PNP

I
I.Tr
ueorFal
se

1.Ci vi
li
anhast hehighestauthor
ityov erthemili
tary.
2.Themi ssionoft heAFPi stouphol dthesov erei
gnty,supporttheconstit
uti
onand
defendt heterr
it
oryoft heRepublicoft hephil
ippi
nesagai nstall
nations.
3.TheCommander -i
n-Chiefi
sthehi ghestmi l
it
aryoffi
cerintheAFP.
4. Themi ssionoftheAFPi stoprotectthepeopl eandsecur ethesov erei
gntyoft
he
stateandt heint
egr i
tyofthenational t
erri
tor
y.
5.Thear medf orceiscomposedoft heRegul arForceandt heReser v
eFor ce.
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classAr
myt
hati
sasour
ceofnat
ionalpr
ide.