VALUES Introduction to Philippine Army’s Vision and Mission:
● The core ideology defines the Army’s
enduring character. It provide the bonding glue that holds the organization together as it grown and moves forward. By defining the core values, core purpose and mission, It expresses the fundamental ideal the Philippine Army believes. ARMY VISION:
● A world – class Army that is Source of
National Pride by 2028. MISSION ● To develop, organize, train, equip, support and sustain Army Forces for the conduct of prompt and sustained operations to accomplish the AFP mission. The Three (3) Army Core Values: ● HONOR – Which is attributed to integrity, personal dignity, discipline, and self-worth. ● PATRIOTISM – Which resonates as love of country and manifested by loyalty, courage, and allegiance to the Constitution and ● DUTY - Which is exhibited through professionalism excellence, resourcefulness . . The Profession of Arms and Professionalism Men who adopt the profession of arms submit of their own free will to a law of perpetual constraint of their own accord, they reject their right to live where they choose, to say what they think, to dress as they like, from the moment they become soldiers, it need but an order to separate their family and dislocate their normal lives. In the words of command, they must rise, march, run, endure bad weather, go without sleep or food, be isolated in some distant post, and walk until they drop.
They have ceased to be the master of their own fate, if
they drop in their tracks. If their ashes are scattered into four winds, that is part and parcel of their job Pledge of Loyalty: If you work for a man in heaven’s name, work for him, speak well of him and stand by the institution that he represents. Remember, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must crawl, Condemn and eternally find fault why resign your position and when you are in the outside, dawn your heart contents , But as long as you are part of the institution, do not Condemn it, For if you do, the first high wind that comes along blow you away and probably, you’ll never know why.