AFP vice chief-of-staff Mison retires

From the Philippine News Agency (Jun 21, 2019): AFP vice chief-of-staff Mison retires

After more than 39 years of service, Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP) Vice Chief-of-Staff, Lt. Gen. Salvador B. Mison, Jr., formally retired from the military - during a joint change-of-command and retirement ceremony in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Thursday.

AFP Chief-of-Staff, Gen. Benjamin Madrigal, presided the ceremonies, where Mison formally turned his post to former The Deputy Chief of Staff (TDCS) of the AFP, Vice Admiral Gaudencio Collado Jr.

“As my primary adviser and collaborator, General Mison Jr. closely worked with me in the administration and management, specifically policy formulation, implementation, and oversight of the overall conduct of AFP operations, as well as AFP capability development objectives,” he said.

“He (Mison) provided effective functional supervision over the major services, unified command, and AFP-wide support and separate units, with skill full employment of a systems approach and improvement of processes in providing innovative and cost-effective solutions in support of our mission accomplishments,” Madrigal added.

Mison, a member of the Philippine Military Academy “Maharlika” Class of 1984, completed a total of 39 years, three months, and five days of active military service. Prior to his retirement, he previously held the following positions: TDCS of the AFP; Commander, Air Education Training and Doctrine Command; Chief of Air Staff, Philippine Air Force (PAF); Inspector General, Headquarters Service Support Group; Deputy Commander, 1st Air Division; Wing Commander, 220th Airlift Wing; and flew as an Instructor Pilot.

He also served as a member of the PAF Education and Training Board, member of the PAF Board of Senior Officers, and Vice Chairman of the PAF Military Pilot Training selection board.

Mison was also a recipient of various awards, decorations, and commendations, including the PAF Gold Wings, Outstanding Achievement Medal, Distinguished Service Star, Award of the Chief of Staff, Commendation Medal and Ribbon, Military Merit Medal, Silver Wing Medal, Presidential Citation Badge, and numerous letters of commendations, plaques of appreciation, and merits.

He has a reputation for being a forthright disciplinarian with a sense of duty and responsibility that few in the organization can match.

During the ceremony, Mison was presented with the Philippine Legion of Honor Award with the Degree of Commander for meritorious and exceptional service rendered to the country and the Filipino people.

The event also saw the first ever recital of the “Pagpupugay sa Kawal Pilipino” (Salute to Filipino Soldier), a narrative performance giving due honor to retiring soldiers, by Major Aristides Galang, Jr.

Meanwhile the new AFP Vice Chief-of-Staff, Collado is an accomplished Navy officer.

He previously commanded four Navy ships, including BRP Ang Pangulo, and held various sensitive staff and leadership positions in the Philippine Fleet. He is known in the Navy to be an experienced, no-nonsense, but down-to-earth, diligent team player whose attention to detail inspires peers and subordinates to accomplish their tasks with distinction.

These are the attributes he brought with him to the General Headquarters.

Collado's perspectives, as a sea-going Navy Officer, compliment that of Madrigal (who is an Army officer) and that of Mison (from the Air Force) to complete the views from the lens of the three AFP Major services in many respects of command, leadership, and management of the AFP.

“I am confident that the newly posted vice chief of staff, Vice Admiral Collado Jr., will be able to deliver as expected being the former deputy chief of staff," Madrigal said.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1072944