A MEMBER of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1982, Brig. Gen. Roberto Detablan Domines, has been recommended by the Board of Generals (BOG) to the position of Armed Forces deputy chief of staff for intelligence (J-2).
Domines is now the deputy commander of the Army’s 7th Infantry “Kaugnay” Division based in Fort Ramon Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija.
Gen. Emmanuel Bautista, Armed Fores chief of staff, presided over the BOG conference that pepared the short-list of candidates for the top military intelligence post.
If the BOG recommendation were approved by President Aquino, Domines will take over the post vacated on Saturday by Maj. Gen. Francisco Cruz Jr. (PMA 1979), who retired upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56.
Military personnel are retired at the age of 56, or 30 years after graduation from PMA, whichever is later.
Domines was the commander of the 1001 Infantry Brigade based in Mindanao from October 2010 to October 2012. He led the 78th Infantry Battalion also based in Mindanao from June 1999 to July 2001.
Senior officers who worked with Domines in the field regard him as a “talented officer” and “team player.”
Meanwhile, there are reports that Brig. Gen. Hernando Iriberri will be taking command of the 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division (4ID) which is currently led by Brig. Gen. Ricardo Visaya as acting commander.
Iriberri is former senior military assistant and spokesman for Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin. He was also Gazmin’s spokesman when the latter was Army commander.
Senior officers who spoke in condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak on the matter said Iriberri is Gazmin’s personal choice to become the commander of the 4ID.
“Ever since he became defense secretary [Gazmin], all senior offices appointed to that position [4ID commander] were his own personal choice,” a source said.
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