Military reservist units can be use in the ongoing fight
against illegal drugs, graft and corruption and criminality.
This was stressed by Department of National Defense (DND)
undersecretary Ricardo David as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
concluded its celebration of the 37th National Reservist Week Saturday.
"Reservists will be our reliable partners in the fight
against illegal drugs, graft and corruption and criminality," he added.
David also expressed confidence that the AFP leadership
shall continue to focus its programs and activities in the enhancement of their
operational capabilities and readiness of all reservists.
This year's National Reservist Week theme is “Laang Kawal:
Patuloy ba Naghahanda at Nagsasanay tungo sa Mapayapa, Masagana at Maunlad na
Bayan”.
As a leveling up activity, 15 provinces organized a Ready
Reserve Battalion (RRBn) adopting the joint force structure representing the
three major services.
The number of participating provinces will increase in the
succeeding years until 81 provinces of the entire country will have its
respective Joint Force Ready Reserve Battalion.
The Joint Force RRBns will assist the Unified Commands
during Humanitarian and Disaster Response Operations.
David also asked for support in the move of President
Rodrigo Duterte to make the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) mandatory
for our schools.
“The revival of the ROTC will inculcate the sense of
patriotism, the sense of discipline as we as the sense of good citizenship,” he
said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=923971
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