Search for next Navy, Nolcom chiefs starts

From Malaya (Aug 4): Search for next Navy, Nolcom chiefs starts

THE military has started the selection process for the successors of Navy chief Vice Adm. Jesus Millan and Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) chief Lt. Gen. Felicito Virgilio Trinidad who are due for retirement on August 10 and 14, respectively.

The AFP’s Board of Generals convened last week to discuss the retirement of Millan and Trinidad, said Col. Noel Detoyato, chief of the AFP public affairs office.

The Board is chaired by AFP chief Gen. Hernando Iriberri. Its members are the AFP vice chief of staff (Lt. Gen. John Bonafos), the AFP deputy staff (Maj. Gen. Edgard Fallorina), and the chiefs of the Navy (Millan), Air Force (Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Delgado), and the Army (Lt. Gen. Eduardo Año).

AFP spokesman Col. Restituto Padilla said the board usually submits two or three names for a soon-to-be vacated position, to President Aquino through Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin.

He did not name the officers who are being considered for the posts.

Sources among those being considered to succeed Millan are AFP Western Command chief Vice Adm. Alexander Lopez, Navy vice commander Rear Adm. Caesar Taccad, and Chief Naval Staff Rear Adm. Ronaldo Joseph Mercado.

Lopez and Taccad belong to the Philippine Military Academy Class 1982 like Millan. Mercado   belongs to Class 1983.

Lopez was among several three-star officers who were considered for the post of AFP chief that was vacated last month by Gregorio Pio Catapang who retired.

Among those reportedly being considered as next Nolcom chief are Maj. Generals Glorioso Miranda, chief of the 7th Infantry Division; Lysander Suerte, 5th ID chief; and Mayoralgo dela Cruz, chief of the Light Armor Division.

Miranda and Dela Cruz belong to PMA Class 1983. Suerte and Trinidad are from Class 1982.

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