Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen.
Hernando DCA Iriberri was given an honorary Malaysian decoration during a visit
to the Southeast Asian country Monday.
This was disclosed by AFP public affairs office chief Col.
Noel Detoyato in a statement Friday.
Iriberri was given the Honorary Award of the Malaysian Armed
Forces Order of Valor, First Degree of Gallant Commander, with four stars,
during a specially arranged ceremony at the Malaysian Ministry of Defense.
The award, the highest in its category, is known in Malaysia
It is given only to the highest ranking officers of the
Malaysian Armed Forces for eminently outstanding services to the nation.
Detoyato said this is only awarded to deserving foreign
generals and admirals for exemplary accomplishments rendered in advancement of
their countries' and Malaysia
The Medal of Valor was conferred on him by Defence Minister
Honorable Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussien and Chief of Armed Forces
General Tan Sri Dato' Sri (Dr.) Zulkifeli Bin Mohd Zin at the Perkasa Room at
Level 5 of the Ministry of Defense.
The awarding also proceeded complete with arrival and
departure military honors for Iriberri.
The awarding ceremony was originally scheduled in October
for conferment by the Malaysian King himself.
In contrast to the traditional awarding in numbers in the
past, Iriberri was the lone recipient this time.
The latter's award was in recognition of his
transformational leadership as former commanding general of the Philippine Army
and military chief, his inspiring improvement of the soldier's welfare and
morale and ethical values, and solid contributions to the military relations
between the AFP and the Malaysian Armed Forces.
"I am deeply honored and humbled to receive the award.
This is not only for me. I proudly share this to all the gallant soldiers,
airmen, sailors and marines of the AFP. But this is not really about me or my
leadership, but more about the relations between our two Armed Forces,"
General Iriberri said.
"I am most privileged to be in a position to enhance
the mil-to-mil relations between the AFP and the Malaysian Armed Forces and to
help draw our forces together for common ends," he added.
Iriberri was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this week for the 2nd
South and Southeast Asian Chiefs of Defense Dialogue, where he shared with his
counterparts the lessons learned by the Philippines in recent humanitarian
assistance and disaster response operations, particularly from the AFP's
experience in addressing the impact of Supertyphoon Yolanda in 2014.
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