The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expressed its
commitment to Internal Peace and Security Bayanihan "Bayanihan" as it
welcomes the start of the working year Monday.
Incidentally, the AFP will conduct its annual New Year’s
Call in Camp Aguinaldo ,
Quezon City
Key military and defense officials will gather in the Joint
Department of National Defense (DND) and AFP New Year’s Call, a time-honored
tradition where officers from the defense department and military
establishments renew their commitment to their duties to the Filipino people.
Aside from the New Year’s Call at the Tejeros Hall of the
AFP Commissioned Officers Club Tuesday, field units of the military will also
conduct similar ceremonies in their respective headquarters.
The call on DND Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin and AFP
chief-of-staff Gen. Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr., will be attended by defense
undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, and other key officials of the DND;
and top level officers of the AFP down to the division level.
It will also include senior military advisers to President
Benigno S. Aquino III.
Other attendees will include senior civilian employees of
the General Headquarters; Defense Armed Forces Attaches; Foreign Armed Forces
Attaches; the JUSMAG (Joint US Military Advisory Group) chief; presidents of
AFP Financial Institutions; general officers of the Reserve Force; and senior
AFP Sergeant Majors.
The DND-AFP New Year’s Call follows the tradition of levees
or royal receptions popular in the Canadian military and government where they
renew their pledge and celebrate the events of the past year and welcome the
New Year.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=721818
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