Thousands of soldiers promoted

From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 1): Thousands of soldiers promoted

Thousands of soldiers based at the 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army whose main headquarters is at Camp Macario Peralta Jamindan, Capiz have been promoted recently.

Lt. Col. Ariel Reyes, 12th Infantry Battalion Commander, said that 200 of these soldiers came from their unit and the rest from other units of Western Visayas.

The donning of ranks ceremony for 12th IB soldiers was held Monday at Camp Juzmundo in Banga town of this province. The ceremony was held as part of the celebration of National Heroes Day.

"I asked the promoted soldiers to celebrate with their respective families. Their families had also sacrificed a lot as part of our collective efforts in promoting peace and security," said Reyes.

The soldiers had been promoted to various senior battalion positions since many of the former soldiers retired from the service in previous year. Their promotions were effective December 2014 but they only received the official appointment August this year.

"They will be receiving their respective retro wages in the coming months," said Reyes.

The 3rd ID has deployed soldiers in different provinces, many of them are in Mindanao. The 12th IB, on the other hand, has deployed soldiers in both Negros Island and Panay provinces.

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