Rear Admiral Alexander Lopez, the naval officer who played a major role in the search-and-retrieval operations for then Department of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo in
The Western Command is a unit of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) tasked to guard the country's interest in the disputed Spratly islands chain in the
Lopez, a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1982, replaces Lt. Gen. Roy Deveraturda, who is scheduled to retire on Aug. 17 after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56.
Present in the turnover rites Wednesday was Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin.
Prior to his appointment as Western Command chief, Lopez served as AFP deputy chief-of-staff for education and training.
He also commanded the Fleet-Marine Ready Force which is based in Sangley Point,
It was in this capacity when Lopez was designated as commander of the Navy component of the Task Force "Robredo" which was organized to locate and recover the remains of the then DILG secretary who died with two others when their plane crashed off the
Robredo had just come from a conference in
The remains of Robredo, pilots Jessup Bahinting and Nepalese Kshitiz Chand were recovered by task force divers a few days later.
Lopez also served as Joint Task "Malampaya" commander, assistant chief of naval staff for operations, defense and armed forces attache in
Lopez also completed local and foreign schooling, including a naval staff course from the
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