Monday, April 3, 2017

AFP doing a commendable job in HADR

From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 4): AFP doing a commendable job in HADR

Aside from its mandate to protect the country from all forms of internal and external threats, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is also doing a creditable job in responding to disasters and calamities.

This can be attributed to its training and posture, AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said in a message to the PNA Tuesday.

In the same vein, the AFP also plays a lead role in the country's search, rescue, retrieval and recovery cluster.

"The AFP is also trained and has a readiness posture in all HADR missions," he added.

As this develops, Defense public affairs office chief Arsenio Andolong said HADR is also one of the core missions of the AFP.

"It is well trained and equipped for disasters. It is also the most organized compared to other agencies and it has units in disaster prone areas," he added.

The AFP is the among the traditional responders during disasters or calamities that strike the Philippines, with its troops providing the first form of assistance to devastated communities and individuals.

"It also has a long standing institutional memory insofar as disaster response is concerned," Andolong pointed out.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=977329

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