New military chief vows to work hard for peace in Sulu

From the Mindanao Examiner (Jan 26, 2023): New military chief vows to work hard for peace in Sulu

SULU – New Western Mindanao Command Chief Maj. Gen. Roy Galido vowed to continue various peace and development projects in Sulu and at the same time assured government leaders of the military’s steadfast resolve to eliminate all the remaining threats in the province.





Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan is flanked by senior military officials led by new Western Mindanao Command Chief Maj. Gen. Roy Galido and Maj. Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio, commander of the 11th Infantry Division during a courtesy call on Monday, January 23. (Sulu Provincial Photo)





Galido, the former commander of the 6th Infantry Division in Sulu recently and paid a courtesy call on Gov. Sakur Tan at his office in Patikul town.

“The two talked about the good relationship between the military and the local government officials of Sulu. Governor Tan assured the new commander of his continued support of the Western Mindanao Command’s endeavors particularly in sustaining the peace in the province.”

“Maj. Gen. Galido, likewise, gave assurance of the military’s steadfast resolve to eliminate all the remaining threats in Sulu,” said Army Lt. Col. Abdurasad Sirajan, the Western Mindanao Command spokesman.

Galido was accompanied by Maj. Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio, commander of the 11th Infantry Division and Joint Task Force Sulu; and Brig. Gen. Antonio Bautista, the Deputy Division Commander; and Brig. Gen. Benjamin Batara Jr, commander of the 1103rd Infantry Brigade.

Galido formally assumed the top Western Mindanao Command post on January 20. He replaced Maj. Gen. Arturo Rojas.

While in Sulu, Galido also met with soldiers where he emphasized the importance of discipline and work-life balance. “Maintaining a high level of morale is essential in the accomplishment of our mission, hence, we must ensure that we are always inspired to do our job well,” he said, adding, troops must be reliable, responsive and relevant as part of nation-building.

“Reliability will be anchored on our ability to prepare and anticipate security implications of any event or situation either natural or man-made. Responsiveness will be the key output of our reliability, and this is where constant planning and simulations of scenarios with security implications must be done, with this our response will always be positive,” Galido said.

“Relevance is what I must emphasize and most importantly be understood if our stakeholders do not appreciate the way we perform our missions, we are irrelevant, thus, we can be considered a wasted investment of the government and people, to avoid this, we must constantly communicate and coordinate our plans and much better if we could integrate with the plans of our stakeholders to build a better nation…this for me is pagkakaisa,” he added.

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