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The Philippine Coast Guard Officers' Basic Education and Training Center (PCGOBETC) serves as the officer candidate school of Philippine Coast Guard officer aspirants. Cadets who are already baccalaureate degree holders taking the Coast Guard Officers’ Course (CGOC) became Probationary Ensigns (PENS) and after graduation are commissioned as regular officers in the organization. The Philippine Army,
Philippine Navy The Philippine Navy (PN) ( tgl, Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas, , Sea Army of the Philippines) ( es, Armada de Filipinas, , Ejército del Mar de las Filipinas) is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It has an e ...
and the
Philippine Air Force The Philippine Air Force (PAF) ( tgl, Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, , Army of the Air of the Philippines) ( es, Ejército Aérea del Filipinas, , Ejército de la Aérea de la Filipinas) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forc ...
equivalent of the PCGOBETC are the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)’s Officer Candidate Schools (OCS).


Proposal of establishing the Philippine Coast Guard Academy

Since the Philippine Coast Guard does not have its own service academy to produce its own officers, it relies from the graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA),
US Coast Guard Academy The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is a service academy of the United States Coast Guard in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1876, it is the smallest of the five U.S. service academies and provides education to future Coast Gu ...
(USCGA),
Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific The Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP) is a non-stock, non-profit maritime higher educational institution which is owned, developed and operated by the Associated Marine Officers’ and Seamen’s Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP). ...
(MAAP), and Coast Guard Officers’ Course (CGOC) as source of its officers. This situation is being addressed with the filing of House Bill 4161 drafted by Congressman
Ferdinand Martin Romualdez Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez (, born November 14, 1963) is a Filipino businessman, lawyer and politician serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since July 25, 2022. He is also serving as the Representative for the 1st dist ...
and Tingog-Partylist Congresswoman Yedda Marie Romualdez to the 18th Congress of House of Representatives. This bill seeks the establishment of the Coast Guard's own academy similar to the existing Philippine service academies, namely the Philippine Military Academy and the Philippine National Police Academy, as its primary source of commissioned officers who are principally educated and trained in maritime law enforcement and administration. The Philippine Coast Guard Academy will be patterned after the United States Coast Guard Academy.


See also

* Philippine Coast Guard *
Cadet rank in the Philippines In the Philippines, Cadet is a rank held by candidate officer during the training to become commissioned officers in their preferred branch of military service. Abbreviation * OCS – Officer Candidate School * AFPOCS – Armed Forces of ...


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