CAMP ELIAS ANGELES, Pili, Camarines Sur --
The 9th Infantry (Spear) Division of the Philippine Army hosted the first
formal fellowship and gathering of the AFP Officer Candidate School Alumni
Association Inc. Bicol Chapter at the 9ID Officer’s Clubhouse on Saturday
night.
The fellowship was attended by the graduates and members of
the School for Reserve Commission (SRC), AFP Officer Candidate School (AFPOCS),
Officer Candidate Course (OCC), Officer Preparatory Course (OPC), and the
Technical Services such as the Medical and Nurse Corps and the Chaplain
Service, according to Capt. Mardjorie Paimela Panesa, 9ID spokesperson.
The AFPOCS, Panesa said, traces its humble beginnings from
the SRC founded in 1937 under the provisions of Section 34, Article IV of the
National Defense Act.
Three branch schools under SRC were organized and continued
to operate until the outbreak of Second World War in 1941.
After the war, the SRC was reactivated and assigned with the
Philippine Army School Center (PASC), Philippine Army Training Command,
pursuant to AFP General Orders No. 412, s-54.
From 1951 to 1953, the Philippine Air Force conducted three
OCCs.
The OCC was subsequently taken over by the Ground Combat
School
In 1959-1960, three classes of Non-Commissioned Officer
Course were conducted by the SRC and in 1975, one SRC class was exclusively
conducted for the PAF.
After Cl 01-75, SRC was renamed AFPOCS which conducted seven
classes before it closed in 1979.
The AFPOCS was placed under the AFP Training Command after
12 years of non-existence.
In 1987, the first OCC started and since then it has
graduated 17 OCC classes.
Some of the OCCs were sent to continue their training in Australia , India ,
New Zealand , Singapore , and the United Kingdom
In 1993, the AFPOCS admitted its first foreign students from
the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, joining Class 12-94, which also produced the
first five female officers of the AFP, which were not anymore included as
Women’s Auxiliary Corps (WAC).
Pursuant to LOI No. 24/97, the AFPOCS was deactivated after
its last class graduated in 1997, following its decentralization to the three
major services -- Army, Air Force, and Navy.
When the OCS was absorbed by the Army Training and Doctrine
Command, two classes for 105 former rebels of the Moro National Liberation
Front (MNLF) were conducted pursuant to the 1996 Peace agreement between the
government and the MNLF.
In 1999, due to the deactivation of the Officer Preparatory
and Soldier School (OPSS), OCC Cl 20-2000 and OPC Cl 40-99 joined the Candidate
Officer and Soldier School (COSS), and later renamed back to OCS.
In 2001, Filipino graduates of officer candidate and officer
cadet trainings from Australia ,
India , New Zealand , Singapore ,
and UK
At present, the OCC and OPC are being conducted at the OCS,
PA at the Training and Doctrine Command, PA; PAFOCS at the Air Education and
Training Command, PAF; and PNOCS at the Naval Education and Training Command,
PN.
The formal gathering of the products of the OCS in 9ID was
to organize its members and create a bond of brothers between the group of
retired and active professionals of the OCS and Technical services.
The appointed new set of officers were also presented,
namely: President, Major Virgilio Perez (INF) PA; Vice President: Capt. Arthur
Eamiguel, (AGS) PA; Secretary, Capt. Naomi Braza, (AGS) PA; Treasurer, Capt
Mir-Inisa Carbonell, (QMS) PA; Auditor, Capt. Amy Astillero, (OS) PA; and PIO,
Capt Mardjorie Paimela Panesa, (AGS) PA.
The new set of officers will also be representing the Bicol
Chapter during the AFPOCS meeting in Fort
Bonifacio
The officers and members are optimistic that such gatherings
will be conducted regularly every year.
Maj. Gen. Yerson E. Depayso, 9ID commander, expressed his
support to the AFPOCS Alumni Association Inc.
He said the association would be beneficial to its members
as it forms its vision, mission, and programs which may also be one of the
partners of 9ID in realizing its objectives and as catalysts of change for the
betterment of the military service.
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