CAMP CAPINPIN, Tanay, Rizal – The Scout Ranger-trained Commandant of the 2nd Division Training School relinquished his post during a very simple ceremony here on Wednesday.
Colonel Ernest John Jadloc, reported “mission accomplished” to Major General Arnulfo Marcelo B Burgos Jr, Commander of the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division, after completing his tour of duty.
Col Jadloc received a military merit medal in recognition of his exemplary leadership during his remarkable stint as the school’s Commandant which placed him at the very center of soldier development in Southern Tagalog.
The award’s citation highlighted “his invaluable services rendered in a position of major responsibility through which he introduced various reforms on military trainings thereby increasing the quality of soldiers who are mandated to serve the people and secure this part of our land”.
In his speech, Colonel Jadloc expressed his gratitude to the 2nd Infantry Division’s leadership for the trust and confidence that they have bestowed upon him. He also recognized the collective efforts of the training committee, who in one way or another helped him accomplish his mission.
Maj Gen Burgos conveyed his felicitations to the former Commandant for his “commitment and dedication to develop battle-ready and thinking soldiers which we need as we apply the finishing touches against insurgency in this part of the country.”
He added that under Col Jadloc, 2DTS earned the highest rating in Candidate Soldiers’ Quality Assurance Evaluation which focused on marksmanship, survival and war fighting skills among all the Army Training Schools across the country.
During the ceremony, the mantle of leadership was transferred to Col Eric Guevarra, 2ID’s Assistant Chief of Staff for Education and Training, whom Maj Gen Burgos described as “an equally qualified and competent senior officer who will guide DTS to greater heights.”
Col Guevarra graduated from the Philippine Army’s Officer Candidate School in 1993 and has held various critical command and staff positions in 2ID as well as in the Presidential Security Group.
In his speech, Col Guevarra said that he is “humbled by the Command’s immense expression of trust and confidence” which, he added, shall serve as “my motivation to accomplish my new mission of producing quality soldiers who will be unrelenting in combat, compassionate to the people and will live up to our mandate as advocates of peace, servants of the people and defenders of Southern Tagalog.”
Maj Gen Burgos ended his speech by calling on his troops to “remain steadfast in our primary mission of defeating the few remaining terrorists which are now on the verge of irreversible collapse while ensuring our active participation in helping our country contain the deadly corona virus.”
Most of the thousands of face shields which 2ID recently distributed to the LGUs of Baras and Tanay as well as those which will be given to frontline hospitals in the NCR were manufactured by the candidate soldiers under Col Jadloc.
DTS also plays a major role in 2ID’s recent initiative of converting idle lands to farmlands to avert a looming food crisis in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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