One hundred and fifty-two new officers of the Major Services
of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) formally graduated Friday morning.
These officers are under the newly implemented common
curriculum for all Officer Candidate Courses (OCC), said AFP public affairs
office chief Col. Noel Detoyato
The synchronized graduation ceremonies, the first in
Filipino military history took place at the AFP
Museum and Multi-Purpose Theater in Camp Aguinaldo ,
Quezon City
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and AFP chief-of-staff
Gen. Hernando DCA Iriberri graced the event and welcomed the new officers into
the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force.
Of 152 graduates, 58 were from Army OCC, 52 were from the
Navy OCC and 42 were from the Air Force OCC.
Probationary (P)2nd Lt. Paul John C. Valencia (PAF),
P/Ensign Gay T. Famero (PN) and P2nd Lt. Rey Gaezzel M Anfone topped the list
of graduates in their respective branches of service.
They were all given the Presidential Saber for being top one
in their OCC batches.
P2nd Lt. Gemadel J. Maquiling and P2nd Lt. Tyrone T.
Estillero placed second and third, respectively, on the list of topnotchers in
the PAF Air Education and Training Command.
P/Ensign Mechelle T. Amores placed second followed by
P/Ensign Christy A. Raterta on the third place in the list of OCC graduates of
Naval Education and Training Command.
P2nd Lt. Arnold A. Quiñon and P2ndLt. Stephanie C. Collado
garnered the second and third places, respectively, among the graduates of the
Army’s Training and Doctrine Command.
Top two OCC graduates received the Secretary of National
Defense Saber while the top three OCC graduates were given the Chief-of-Staff
Saber.
Air Force OCC top one P2nd Lt. Valencia graduated Bachelor
of Science in Aviation Electronics Technology from Philippine State College of
Aeronautics in Basa Air Base, Pampanga before deciding to become a cadet at PAF
OCC.
He is 25 years old and a native of Porac, Pampanga.
Army OCC top one P2nd Lt. Anfone holds a degree of Bachelor
of Science in Nursing from San Pedro College in Davao City Cotabato
City
Navy OCC top one P/Ensign Famero is a graduate of Romblon State University
The new curriculum took effect last year which gave way to
overlapping of classes among the Major Services Officer Candidate Schools to
realize the upper class-underclass system and standardize the awards given to
OCC graduates.
Beginning 2015, the Major Services Officer Candidate Schools
will synchronize their graduation to facilitate the projected summative
evaluation that will measure the effect of the implemented curriculum and
leadership development to the graduates as a result of the new program.
The Army OCC graduates took up their course in Training and
Doctrine Command based in Camp
O’Donnell
The Navy OCCs had their training in Naval Education and
Training Command based in Naval Station Leovigildo Gantioqui in San Antonio , Zambales while the Air Force OCCs had their
in PAF Air Education and Training Command based in Fernando Air Base, Lipa City
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