Eastern Mindanao Command under Maj. Gen. Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero welcomes newly designated Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Ronnie S. Evangelista at Eastmincom headquarters. Photograph courtesy of Eastmincom PIO Capt. Alberto C. Caber.
Reports reaching Manila indicated that Brig. Gen. Ronnie Evangelista assumed on Tuesday his new position as deputy of the Mindanao-based Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom).
Arrival honors for incoming Eastmincom Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Ronnie S. Evangelista at Headquarters, Eastern Mindanao Command, Panacan, Davao City. Photo from Eastmincom PIO.
The command's deputy position has been vacant for nearly two months.
According to the area command spokesman Capt. Alberto Caber, Evangelista, a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) "Sinagtala" Class 1986, replaced Brig. Gen. Harold Cabreros, who had earlier been appointed commander of the 3rd Infantry Division based in Capiz in Western Visayas.
The command's deputy position has been vacant for nearly two months.
According to the area command spokesman Capt. Alberto Caber, Evangelista, a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) "Sinagtala" Class 1986, replaced Brig. Gen. Harold Cabreros, who had earlier been appointed commander of the 3rd Infantry Division based in Capiz in Western Visayas.
Eastmincom is based at Camp Navarro in Panacan, Davao City. The command is battling the 47-year-old New People's Army (NPA), the armed component of the Communist party of the Philippines (CPP).
Evangelista was former commander of the Special Forces Regiment (SFR), one of the two elite units, the other one being the Scout Ranger Regiment (SRR), of the Philippine Army's Special Operations Command (SOCOM) based at Fort Magsaysay, home of the 7th ID in Nueva Ecija.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/123846/ex-special-forces-regiment-commander-now-eastmincom-deputy
Evangelista was former commander of the Special Forces Regiment (SFR), one of the two elite units, the other one being the Scout Ranger Regiment (SRR), of the Philippine Army's Special Operations Command (SOCOM) based at Fort Magsaysay, home of the 7th ID in Nueva Ecija.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/123846/ex-special-forces-regiment-commander-now-eastmincom-deputy
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