Effective this Friday, newly-appointed Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Hernando DCA Iriberri will be
promoted to full general or four-star rank in Filipino military parlance.
This was disclosed by AFP public affairs office chief Lt.
Col. Noel Detoyato in a press briefing Thursday.
"The order (regarding Iriberri's promotion) was already
signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III Thursday," he added.
Iriberri's fourth star will be pinned by Department of
National Defense (DND) Secretary Voltaire Gazmin 9:30 a.m. Friday at the DND
headquarters.
Iriberri was appointed as the AFP chief last July 10
replacing then incumbent Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang who retired after reaching
the mandatory retirement age of 56.
He is the country's 46th AFP chief.
Iriberri is a member of Philippine Military Academy Class of
1983.
Prior his appointment as AFP chief, the former took command
of the 85,000-strong Philippine Army in February 2014.
He also commanded the Nueva Ecija-based Infantry Division
and the 503rd Infantry Brigade in the Cordillera region, and served as Chief of
United Command Staff, Southern Luzon Command before reaching the highest post
in the military.
Iriberri was also designated as Senior Military Assistant to
the Secretary of National Defense.
He saw combat in Mindanao
as young lieutenant where served as platoon Leader of Delta Company, Executive
Officer of Alpha Company, and Company Commander of Bravo Company, all under the
23rd Infantry Battalion, 4th Infantry Division.
In 2002 to 2004, he commanded the 25th Infantry Battalion
that was then deployed in Cotabato and Davao
Relatedly, Iriberri has been an excellent staff officer
having served in various capacities as Chief, Operations Division, Office of
the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, OJ3, AFP; Chief of Staff, Philippine
Military Academy; Executive Assistant to the Commanding General, Philippine
Army; Head Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff, AFP; and Chief of the
Military Operations Department, Training and Doctrine Command.
In 2000, he also served as the Chief of the Office of the
Army Chief Public Affairs and designated as the Army spokesperson.
Early on his career, he has also been exposed to
intelligence work, having been assigned with the Office of the Deputy Chief of
Staff for Intelligence, OJ2, GHQ, and detailed for a while with the National
Intelligence Coordinating Agency.
In his continued pursuit for knowledge and desire to learn
and improve his craft, he finished several courses, both local and foreign.
Most notable of which are the Strategic Human Resource
Management Course at the Asian Institute of Management, International Visitor
Leadership Program at the United States Department of State, United Nations
Staff Officer Course in Sweden, Master of Management in Defense Studies at the
University of Canberra in Australia, and the Australian Command and Staff
Course also in Canberra, Australia.
Throughout his 34 years in active military service, he was
conferred with numerous awards, medals, commendations and recognitions. He is a
recipient of five Distinguished Service Stars, two Gold Cross Medals, one
Bronze Cross Medal, several Military Merit Medals and Military Commendation
Medals.
Iriberri was born in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur on April 22,
1960. He Iriberri is happily married to Agnes Carolina Samson-Iriberri with
whom he has two daughters and two sons.
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