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Civil Military Affairs Brigade (Reserve)
The Civil Military Affairs Brigade (Reserve) is one of the units of the Technical Services Reserve Group of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Reserve Command, and is based in Quezon City. The unit provides combat support and service support services to AFP Reserve Force Maneuver Units operating within the National Capital Region A capital region, also called a capital district or capital territory, is a region or district surrounding a capital city. It is not always the official term for the region, but may sometimes be used as an informal synonym. Capital regions can exis ..., conduct community development operations, civil-military operations and co-operations in support of the IPSP Bayanihan. Commanding officers Unit Designation: Public Affairs Group (Reserve) * Colonel Jesus G. Czabarrus (GSC) PAF (RES) - February 1997 to June 2005 Unit Designation: Public Affairs Service (PAS)(Reserve) * Colonel Eduardo L. Lacañeta MNSA (GSC) PN (RES) - June 2005 to November 2009 Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of The Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigades Of The Philippines
A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division. Brigades formed into divisions are usually infantry or armored (sometimes referred to as combined arms brigades). In addition to combat units, they may include combat support units or sub-units, such as artillery and engineers, and logistic units. Historically, such brigades have sometimes been called brigade-groups. On operations, a brigade may comprise both organic elements and attached elements, including some temporarily attached for a specific task. Brigades may also be specialized and comprise battalions of a single branch, for example cavalry, mechanized, armored, artillery, air defence, aviation, engineers, signals or logistic. Some brigades are classified as independent or separate and operate independently from the traditional divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFP Election Duty Badge
AFP most often refers to: * Agence France-Presse, an international news agency * Australian Federal Police AFP or afp may also refer to: Media * Advertiser-funded programming, a television funding model *American Family Publishers, a magazine subscription company *, a recording industry association in Portugal Publications *''American Free Press'', a weekly newspaper *''American Family Physician'', a peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians *'' Australian Family Physician'', a peer-reviewed journal of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Television * ''AFP'' (TV series), a 2011 Australian factual television series *'' AFP: American Fighter Pilot'', a 2002 American television reality show Organizations * Armed Forces of the Philippines Politics * Alliance of the Forces of Progress (Senegal), a social-democratic political party in Senegal * America First Party (other) ** America First Party (1944), an isolationist polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFP HOPE Badge
AFP most often refers to: * Agence France-Presse, an international news agency * Australian Federal Police AFP or afp may also refer to: Media * Advertiser-funded programming, a television funding model *American Family Publishers, a magazine subscription company *, a recording industry association in Portugal Publications *''American Free Press'', a weekly newspaper *''American Family Physician'', a peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians *'' Australian Family Physician'', a peer-reviewed journal of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Television * ''AFP'' (TV series), a 2011 Australian factual television series *'' AFP: American Fighter Pilot'', a 2002 American television reality show Organizations * Armed Forces of the Philippines Politics * Alliance of the Forces of Progress (Senegal), a social-democratic political party in Senegal * America First Party (other) ** America First Party (1944), an isolationist polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Philippine General Election
Elections for all positions in the Philippines above the barangay (except for Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao regional level) were held on May 10, 2010. The elected president is Benigno Aquino III, the 15th President of the Philippines, succeeding President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who was barred from seeking re-election due to term restrictions. The successor of Vice-President Noli de Castro is Jejomar Binay, the 13th Vice President of the Philippines. The legislators elected in the 2010 elections joined the senators of the 2007 elections and comprised the 15th Congress of the Philippines. The 2010 elections were administered by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in compliance with the Republic Act No. 9369, also known as the ''Amended Computerization Act of 2007''. It was the first national, and second overall computerized election after the 2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao regional election in the history of the Philippines. Although there were cases of pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Storm Ketsana
Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing $1.15 billion in damages and 921 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 789 deaths and damages worth $6.2 billion. Ketsana was the sixteenth tropical storm, and the eighth typhoon of the season. It was the most devastating tropical cyclone to hit Manila, surpassing Typhoon Patsy (Yoling) in 1970. Ketsana formed early about to the northwest of Palau on September 23, 2009. The depression remained weak and was downgraded to a low pressure area later that day by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and after drifting through extremely favorable conditions, it intensified the next day and was categorized as Tropical Depression by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and was given the name Ondoy after entering the Philippine Area of Responsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
The Philippine Presidential Unit citation BadgeThe AFP Adjutant General, ''Awards and Decorations Handbook'', 1997, OTAG, p. 65. is a unit decoration of the Republic of the Philippines. It has been awarded to certain units of the United States military and the Philippine Commonwealth military for actions both during and subsequent to the Second World War. Appearance and wear When the Philippine Presidential Unit citation is worn on the Philippine military uniform (right side) it is as a blue, white, and red ribbon wide surrounded by a gold frame. No ribbon devices are authorized for wear with this Award. Smaller version Foreign military unit members who are authorized to wear this unit Award, either wear the award on the right side of the uniform (e.g. U.S. Army) with any other same size unit Award emblems or wear the slightly smaller size version of the Award on the left side of the uniform (e.g. U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force) with their other service ribbons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the capital region, seat of government and one of three List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines, defined metropolitan areas in the Philippines. It is composed of 16 Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized cities: the Manila, city of Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Valenzuela, as well as the municipality of Pateros. The region encompasses an area of and a population of as of 2020. It is the second most populous and the most densely populated Regions of the Philippines, region of the Philippines. It is also the List of metropolitan areas in Asia, 9th most populous metropolitan area in Asia and the List of larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was founded on October 12, 1939, and was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the List of presidents of the Philippines, second president of the Philippines. The city was intended to be the Capital of the Philippines, national capital of the Philippines that would replace Manila, as the latter was suffering from overcrowding, lack of housing, poor sanitation, and traffic congestion. To create Quezon City, several barrios were carved out from the towns of Caloocan, Marikina, San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan and Pasig, in addition to the eight vast estates the Philippine government purchased for this purpose. It was officially proclaimed as the national capital on October 12, 1949, and several government departments and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SPECIAL FORCES UWOC
Special or specials may refer to: Policing * Specials, Ulster Special Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force * Specials, Special Constable, an auxiliary, volunteer, or temporary; police worker or police officer Literature * Specials (novel), ''Specials'' (novel), a novel by Scott Westerfeld * ''Specials'', the comic book heroes, see Rising Stars (comic), ''Rising Stars'' (comic) Film and television * Special (lighting), a stage light that is used for a single, specific purpose * Special (film), ''Special'' (film), a 2006 scifi dramedy * The Specials (2000 film), ''The Specials'' (2000 film), a comedy film about a group of superheroes * The Specials (2019 film), ''The Specials'' (2019 film), a film by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano * Television special, television programming that temporarily replaces scheduled programming * Special (TV series), ''Special'' (TV series), a 2019 Netflix Original TV series * Specials (TV series), ''Specials'' (TV series), a 1991 TV ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
