Incoming AFP spokesman Col. Restituto Padilla (center) receiving the Defense Meritorious Service medal and citation from Admiral Samuel J Locklear, chief of US Pacific Command (right) during a meeting with AFP chief General Gregorio Pio P Catapang Jr (left) on October 14. (AFP photo)
The Armed Forces of the Philippines will have a new spokesman, Air Force Colonel Restituto Padilla Jr., who will replace Major General Domingo Tutaan Jr., who is retiring on December 4.
A member of Philippine Military Academy “Sandiwa” Class of 1985, Padilla will be coming into his new role from his stint as the Philippine liaison to the United States Pacific Command in Hawaii and Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operations, J7, the AFP public information office said.
Padilla was recently awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal by US Pacific Command chief Admiral Samuel Locklear.
A native of Cagayan De Oro City, Padilla was also instrumental in the planning and implementation of Operation Damayan, the US’ relief effort for the victims of super typhoon “Yolanda.”
Padilla served as Air Force public information chief in 2006 and as Secretary of Air Staff in 2007.
He was also assigned to the AFP Secretary Joint Staff in 2010; commandant of the Philippine Air Force Flying School from 2007 to 2009; group commander of the Headquarters, Technical Operations Wing from 2006 to 2007; and squadron commander of the 3rd Headquarters Air Wing Support.
In 2002, Padilla completed his Masters in Development Management at the Asian Institute of Management. He finished his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Computer Engineering at Don Bosco Technical College in 1981 and completed his Academic Instructor Course at the Air University in Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama.
From 1999 to 2000, Padilla represented the AFP in military trainings and conference on international and regional defense relations particularly the 42nd Mutual Defense Board Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2000; Pacific Chiefs of Defense Conferences in Hawaii in 1999; and Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific in Thailand in 1999.
He was also a member of the Philippine Panel for the RP-Australia Security Dialogue in Manila in January 2000.
In June 2010, Padilla received the Presidential Citation Badge and Election Duty Badge for his contribution to the country’s first automated national and local elections in 2010 and is also a recipient of three Gold Cross Medals, three Bronze Cross Medals, Distinguished Aviation Cross, numerous Military Merit Medals, Commendations and an EDSA Revolution Badge that he received in 1987.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/100168/afp-to-have-new-spokesman-as-tutaan-retires
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