Duterte choices fill out AFP command

From Malaya Business Insight (Jan 13): Duterte choices fill out AFP command

PRESIDENT Duterte has designated two senior Armed Forces officials as the new AFP vice chief and deputy chief of staff, the second and third highest military officials in the military hierarchy.

AFP public affiars office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo said the two officials – Air Force Lt. Gen. Salvador Mison and Navy Rear Adm. Narciso Vingson – assumed their posts yesterday during a ceremony held in Camp Aguinaldo.

Mison, a member of the Philippine Military Academy class of 1984, assumed as the new AFP vice chief, replacing Lt. Gen. Glorioso Miranda who assumed as Army chief last month. Mison was previously the AFP deputy chief of staff.

Mison’s successor as AFP vice chief is Vingson, a member of the PMA class 1985. He will remain as the concurrent AFP inspector general, pending the designation of a replacement.

Arevalo said the designation of Mison and Vingson was approved by President Duterte  on the recommendation of the AFP Board of Generals - chaired by AFP chief Gen. Eduardo Año.

“As the new vice chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Mison not only takes over the daunting role of being next in command of the AFP, he will also act as an important link between the chief of staff and the area commanders,” said Arevalo.

As the AFP vice chief, Mison will also sit as the chairman of various AFP offices, including the Office of Ethical Standards and Public Accountability, Medal for Valor Board and Housing Board, among others.

Arevalo described Vingson as a “seasoned sea-dog” who spent amost 12 years of sea duty aboard various Navy ships. Vingson has commanded several ships, including the BRP Ang Pangulo.

The AFP deputy chief automatically is the chairman of the AFP Educational Benefit System, AFP Commissary and Exchange Service, AFP Commissioned Officers Club, AFP Golf Club, and AFP Provident Fund.

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