From GMA News (Nov 14): AFP chief Galvez starts making ‘farewell rounds’
Armed Forces chief General Carlito Galvez Jr. has already started making his farewell rounds in Mindanao this week.
In a text message to reporters, military spokesperson Brigadier General Edgard Arevalo said Galvez visited the headquarters of the Eastern Mindanao Command, Western Mindanao Command, and the 104th Brigade in Isabela City, Basilan Province on Tuesday and Wednesday.
"Partly, those visits marked his farewell to the officers, men, women, and civilian employees in Mindanao where he spent the most of his nearly four decades of colorful military career," Arevalo said.
Updates on the security situation and Martial Law implementation were the core of the consultations that Galvez conducted with the military commanders and local executives, he added.
Galvez's speeches during the said visits were filled with gratitude for the full support that the Armed Forces has shown while he is at the helm of the military organization.
"He exhorted the troops to extend the same loyalty, dedication, and support to whomsoever will be named as his successor," Arevalo added.
The AFP chief also commended the military operations that led to the continued neutralization of the New People's Army, whose "eventual demise" they have projected to be by 2019.
Galvez was installed to the top military post in April, replacing then-AFP chief General Rey Leonardo Guerrero who was recently appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as Bureau of Customs chief.
Galvez is a member of the Philippine Military Academy "Sandiwa" Class of 1985, and was a former commander of the Western Mindanao Command.
He played a key role in liberating Marawi City from the terrorist influence of the ISIS-inspired Maute group in 2017, for which he was conferred with the Order of Lapu-Lapu (Kamagi Medal).
Galvez ends his military tour of duty on December 12.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/674754/afp-chief-galvez-starts-making-farewell-rounds/story/
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