Friday, May 6, 2016

Entire Armed Forces on red alert status

From Update.Ph (May 6): Entire Armed Forces on red alert status  

Effective Friday midnight, all units of the 125,000-strong Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will be placed on red alert status for the May 9 national and elections.

It is implemented to ensure that the maximum number of troops is available for possible contingencies.

Brig. Gen. Resituto Padilla, AFP spokesperson, said all units must be on stand-by in their military camps for possible deployment.

He added that the AFP will be routinely conducting mustering of its troops in line with the “red alert” announcement.

This will be in effect until the AFP high command and area commanders have assessed otherwise, he said.

As this developed, a video conference between acting AFP chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Glorioso Miranda and unified and area commanders took place at the National Elections Monitoring Center in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Friday.

http://www.update.ph/2016/05/entire-armed-forces-on-red-alert-status/5196

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