Newly-appointed Philippine Army commander Major Gen. Eduardo
Año vowed on Wednesday to develop and increase further the capabilities of the
PA.
"As the new commanding general, I have set my sights on
the following thrusts. First, we will increase our strides toward the third
Army Transformation Roadmap (ATR) base camp by year 2016 which envisions a well
equipped Army, with a respectable image in Southeast Asia," he said in his
assumption speech at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
Año added that he envisions the PA to become a land power
capable of multi-dimensional operations which include humanitarian assistance
and disaster response.
He replaced Lt. Gen. Hernando DCA Iriberri, who was
appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff last July 10.
Año, now the 57th PA commanding general, is a member of
Philippine Military Academy Class of 1983.
"For while we remain to be a fighting force to protect
the people and the state, we will also be the force of hope our people can
count on in the face of disaster and capability," the new PA chief said.
He added that he remains committed to the ATR as the latter
is an effective monitoring system.
"The ATR will ensure that we are on the track in our
security sector reform agenda and maintain our effectiveness as a government
institution. We will continue to manage our resources well while we develop
mechanisms to better support and provide the needs of our fighting troops in
the front-lines and at the home front," he pointed out.
The ATR also seeks for the PA to become a "world-class
Army by 2028."
The strategy is now being cascaded down to the levels of
units, offices, and individuals and subsidiary performance scorecards being
aligned with that of the enterprise, he said.
"This is being done through various projects and
activities, framework systems and processes designed to institutionalize the
Performance Governance System,"he added.
Under the ATR, the PA revised and simplified the corevalues
into three most essential, enduring, and elementalsets of values that truly
represent the organization, namely:
1. Honor, which is attributed to self-worth,
personaldignity, integrity, and discipline;
2. Patriotism, which resonates as love of country and
manifests as loyalty, courage, and allegianceto the constitution; and,
3. Duty, which is expressed through professionalism,
excellence, resourcefulness, dynamism, dedication, and commitment to sworn
duty.
"Our soldiers are our best assets; we will train and
equip them to their best fighting potential, provide them adequate protective
gears to increase survivability in battle, and beyond providing them with
services to support their dependents, we will develop programs that will arm
them with tools to improve the living condition of their families and achieve
the goals in the personal score card.Second, we will entrust the strategic
objectives to the Internal Peace and Security Plan 'Bayanihan' and protect the
gains it has made in the past years. Out of the 76 CPP-NPA-NDF affected
provinces in the country, 60 have been already been declared conflict
manageable and for further development-ready provinces, a remarkable 78
percent," the PA chief stressed.
Año said that they will do this not only to win the peace
but to secure and sustain it and bring continuous prosperity to the people.
"While in the south, we will actively support the
government’s peace initiatives and create partnership to complement the
triumphs we have achieved, all these in honor of the sacrifices our soldiers
have made and prove our maturity as an organization by showing our willingness
to give enduring peace a fighting chance," he said.
"Third we will continue the parallel development of our
territorial defense and internal security operation capabilities that will
enhance and ensure our ability to attain the goals our nation has set for us.
Internal security and territorial defense are both important for the
Army," Año added.
"Fourth, in the continuity of organizational purpose
and efforts, we will develop our force structure and capability anchored to the
PA operating concept crafted during Gen. Iriberri's tenure as CGPA, the PA
operating concept as an enduring concept will provide the broad guidelines on
the manner of employment of PA capabilities in current developing and future
environments."
"To attain its military objectives and achieve the
strategic objectives set by the Department of National Defense, this operating
concept will set your army as a land power in multi-dimentional operations to
address internal and external security concerns, terrorism, disaster response
and other peripheral security challenges. To this end we will rationalize the
current army structure and review our current capability upgrade."
"Fifth, in being true to our duty as the protector of
the people and the state, count on us your army to remain professional,
nonpartisan and apolitical in our pursuit of ensuring a peaceful and credible
elections this coming 2016. Sa ating kasundaluhan, the challenges ahead may be
daunting but united we shall remain strong, resolute, and ready to serve the
people and secure the land," Año said.
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