RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS – TOPIC 1

PHILIPPINE ARMY ORGANIZATION FUNCTIONARY COMMAND OF THE PHILIPPINE

ARMY
HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY
• Army Support Command
• The first Philippine Revolutionary Army was founded on • Installation Management Command
March 22, 1897 in Cavite.
• The armed force of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo's REVERSE COMMAND (Ground Operating Units)
revolutionary government with Gen. Artemio Ricarte • 1st Infantry Division
replaced the Katipunan military. • 5th Infantry Division
• Gen. Artemio Ricarte is regarded as the first • 9th Infantry Division
commander of the Philippine Revolutionary Army. • 51st Engineer Brigade
• The Philippine Army was established on 21 December • 55th Engineer Brigade
1935 as the "Army of the Philippines" with a general • 2nd Infantry Division
headquarters in Manila and units and formations based • 6th Infantry Division
throughout the provinces of the Philippines. • 10th Infantry Division
• It was initially organized under the National Defense • 52nd Engineer Brigade
October of 1935 (Commonwealth Act No. 1) formally • 3rd Infantry Division
created the AFP.
• The Philippine Army consists of 11 infantry divisions; 1 REVERSE COMMAND (Specialty Enablers)
Armor Division, 1 Combined Arms Brigade, 1 Artillery • Special Forces Regiment Airborne
Regiment, 5 Engineering Brigades, 1 Aviation Regiment • Army Artillery Regiment
and 7 Combat Support Units which are spread • First Scout Ranger Regiment
throughout the Philippine archipelago. • Army Signal Regiment
• The Armed Forces of the Philippines or • Aviation Regiment
Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas, the military force of • Civil Military Operation Regiment
the Philippines, consists the 3 main branches: • Light Reaction Regiment
1. The Philippine Army
2. The Philippine Air Forces !! Members of the Philippine Army are entitled to
3. The Philippine Navy (including the Marine Corps). competitive pay and allowances, health care benefits
• Today, the Philippine Army supports the government's and other opportunities in career development.
whole-of-nation approach against insurgency led by the
National Task Force to end the Local Communist !! As of 2021, the Philippine Army had an estimated
Armed Conflict strength of 150,000 soldiers and 1,200,000 ready
reserves.
COMPONENTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY
• The army is composed of an active duty component
and a reserve component that comprises the army
reserve and national guard.
• The operational army conducts full-spectrum
operations around the world, supported by
institutionalized units, without the institutionalized army,
the operational side can't function.

THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY ARE AS

FOLLOWS:
• Organize, train and equip Army forces for the conduct
of prompt and sustained combat operations on land;
• Prepare such units as may be necessary for the
effective prosecution of national defense plans and
programs and Armed Forces mission, including the
expansion of the peacetime Army component to meet
any emergency;
• Develop, in accordance with the other major services,
tactics, techniques and equipment of interest to the Army
on field operations;
• Train, organize and equip all Army reserve units; and
• Perform such functions as the higher authorities may
direct.