From the Visayan Daily Star (May 29): Ex-Negros leader now Army chief
An Army general who used to be assigned in Negros, has been designated as chief of staff of the Philippine Army, military records show.
Brig. Gen. Jet Joel Velarmino, former deputy commander of the elite Special Operations Command, replaced Major Gen. Maximo Caro,who recently retired from the military service, after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56.
Velarmino and Caro are members of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1982. Both used to be assigned in Negros, with Caro as 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, and Velarmino as commander of the defunct 6th Special Forces Battalion.
Military records also show that Velarmino headed the Army’s elite troopers who captured the kidnappers of Giuseppe Pierantoni in Zamboanga del Sur in April 2002.
Velarmino assumed as Army chief of staff Friday last week.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2013/May/29/negor5.htm
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