3rd ID opens doors for prospective officer candidates

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 8): 3rd ID opens doors for prospective officer candidates
 
Individuals residing in the Western Visayas and wishing to become military officers are urged to undertake qualification exams which will make their dream a reality.

3rd Infantry Division spokesperson Major Ray Tiongson said the Philippine Army Recruitment Center Office for Visayas, of the Army Personnel Management Center, will facilitate the Philippine Army Aptitude Test Battery (PAATB), Army Qualifying Exam (AQE) and Special Written Exam (SWE) to qualified applicants for Officer Candidate Course (OCC) and Officer Preparatory Course (OPC).

Schedule of examinations are the following: March 10 at the Conference Room, 3rd Floor of the Office of the Congressman for Lone District, Iloilo City; March 12 at San Lorenzo Event Center, Colegio Dela Purisima Concepcion, Arnaldo Boulevard Campus; while on March 13 in Northwestern Visayan College Gym in Kalibo, Aklan.

Tiongson said persons qualified for this series of tests are natural born Filipino citizen, single, college graduates (four to five year degrees courses), has a score of 100 or more on the PAATB, at least 5 feet in height, no pending case in civil and military courts and is physically, mentally and psychologically fit.

Age requirement for OCC is 21 to 24 years old while for those in the OPC must be 21 but no more than 31 years old upon the date of call to active duty.

Tiongson said the OCC is a one-year course which prepares a candidate mentally, physically, and emotionally to become an army officer.

Upon graduation, the individual will be commissioned as an Army 2nd lieutenant into the Regular Force, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

If one is already an Army 2nd lieutenant in the Reserve Force, AFP and on inactive status, s/he must be a graduate of probationary officer training course (POTC) and the six-month OPC prepares one for active duty in the Regular Force, AFP.

Applicants shall bring the following at the examinations center: college diploma, transcript of records, birth certificate (NSO authenticated), valid identification card, Pencil Number 2, ball pen and a long folder.

Attire is white t-shirt, pants and rubber shoes.

Pay and benefits for officers include: Pay and allowances (monthly gross) for Officer Candidate -- P29,007 and 2nd lieutenant (call to active duty) -- P32,668.

Insurance and healthcare benefits, billeting and housing privileges, job security, leadership and other skills trainings, opportunity for career advancement based on performance, opportunities for post graduate studies both within the country and abroad and an opportunity to lead in the Philippine Army.

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