The 302nd Infantry Brigade may have moved its headquarters from Camp Rajah Sikatuna in Carmen to Camp Leon Kilat in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, but the move did not affect the strength and number of the 47th Infantry Battalion, assured Col. Noel Baluyan of the Task Group Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor.
In the movement of troops, as Boholanos have requested the Department of National Defense (DND) for reinforcement, Bohol Gov. Arthur Yap signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the 3rd Infantry Division opening up the camps in Bohol for army training courses on Sept. 10, 2019 at the Camp Lino I Chatto, in Macaas-Cabulijan, Tubigon.
3rd Infantry Division commanding officer, Major General Dinoh Dolina signed the agreement for the Philippine Army.
"YOU MIGHT HAVE ALL THE TECHNOLOGY, but without the discipline and integrity you get in training, you will not be able to hold the ground," Gov. Arthur Yap tells the dumb-guards for this year’s military training during the formal opening of the training cycle in Bohol. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
With the signing of the agreement, the Philippine Army’s Visayas Army Training Group (VATG) Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), through Capt. John Alvin Rico, VATG operations Officer, also declared the opening of five training classes which starts immediately and would end after the soldiers have completed 11 to 14 weeks in the training period.
Officially declared open during the same day were Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course Class 08-19, Infantry Non-Commissioned Officer Advanced Course Class 538-19, Infantry Non-Commissioned Officer Basic Course Class 693-19, and Infantry Non-Commissioned Officer Basic Course Class 695-19.
Rico said trainees for the Infantry Basic Officers Leadership Course would complete the course in 11 weeks or 444 training periods while the Infantry Non-Commissioned Officer Basic Course takes 14 training weeks of 524 training periods.
The Bohol training forms the third Training Cycle for the Academic Year 2019, according to Major Saldy Pedregosa, Acting Deputy Group Commander of the VATG TRADOC, PA.
Bohol’s VATG TRADOC is now led by Lt. Col. Edgar Mangabay, INF (GSC) PA.
As to the MOA, Bohol now allows the Philippine Army to do training visits and ocular inspections on the training sites and areas in Bohol, making sure that these visits and inspections are covered by an order, coordinated with the Local Government Units, including the setting up of the training exercises.
With the declaration of the opening of the training season, Yap said soldiers today might have been equipped with state-of-the-art weapons and technology as part of their tools, but at the end of the day, it is he who controls the ground that wins.
"There is no substitute to integrity, discipline, hard work and sacrifice of a soldier that will bring us victory," he reminded the 151 dumb-guards and officers going into training.
Earlier, Boholanos have aired concerns over the transfer of the 302nd Brigade to Negros Oriental.
Despite an insurgency-free status since December 2010, Boholanos have noted the recent increase in activities of cause-oriented groups here, which the military authorities have also been closely monitoring.
In the midst of these concerns, the transfer of the 302nd IB could create a vacuum upon which communist insurgents who are now feeling the heat in relentless military operations in Negros Oriental, could come and spill over to Bohol. (rahc/PIA-7Bohol)
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