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Young PMA officer killed after engaging with NPA Bandits

A bright young army lieutenant, 2Lt Dennis Avila, PMA Class 2011, died while fighting the New People’s Army (NPA) bandits in Bgy San Luis Malitbog, Bukidnon last June 7, 2013 (Friday) at 11:15am. 

Prior to the encounter, Avila and his team were performing combat operations in the village of Abacahan in Mat-I, Claveria, Misamis Oriental where they spotted 30 fully armed bandits who engaged them hours of intermittent gun battle.

He and another Pfc Andilong was wounded in the intense firefight with the bandits and were airlifted to the nearest military hospital but Avila succumbed to his wounds. 

Lt Avila showed courage and dedication to his duty even for a short stint of time. He was assigned at the 58IB after graduating PMA. 

Buhay ang iyong Kagitingan sa aming diwa, Second Lieutenant Dennis Avila!

The author of this blog pledges to pray for our troops everyday. To the family who lost a love one, the Filipino people extends their condolences. The brave young officer named Dennis Avila is now home.


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Navy Reservist to be honored after Cebu Pacific 5J 971 mishap

The 'Guiding Voice', Captain Bok of Cebu Pacific 5J 971 © Sherwin Reyes/PhilMug
Reservist News - After the Cebu Pacific crew failed to provide much needed attention to the passengers, Captain Bok or ENS Marlon Deang Bo of the Philippine Navy Reserve responded the call to help his fellow passengers during the mishap of a Cebu Pacific flight 5J 971 after it missed the runway in Davao International Airport last June 1, 2013.
Because of this 'heroic' attempt to calm the passengers, he will be honored from doing his heroic deeds. A Navy spokesperson Marine Colonel Edgard Arevalo, the Navy’s Civil Military Operations Group spokesman said, “We are formally documenting his heroic deeds so the Navy, as Vice Admiral Jose Luis Alano, the Flag Officer in Command if the PN also desires, can honor the hero of that Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 971,”.


 I give my salute to you Ensign Marlon Bo! Isa kang laang kawal na dapat gayahin! 

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© AFP/Karlos Manlupig
MANILA, Philippines – A Navy reservist will be honored by the Philippine Navy for his “heroic deeds” after he helped calming down passengers in a Cebu Pacific plane 5J 971 that missed the runway of the Davao International Airport and landed on mud and grass at the side on Sunday.

Marine Colonel Edgard Arevalo, the Navy’s Civil Military Operations Group spokesman, identified the “hero” as Lieutenant Marlon Bo, a Navy reservist and a graduate of Philippine Merchant Marine Academy in 2003.

“We are formally documenting his heroic deeds so the Navy, as Vice Admiral Jose Luis Alano, the Flag Officer in Command if the PN also desires, can honor the hero of that Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 971,” he said Wednesday.

Bo was one of the passengers in the Cebu Pacific plane when the incident happened.

Nino Alinsub, also one of the passengers, recalled how Bo helped the passengers to safety.

“It took the courage of one person, whom we only know as Captain Bok from the Philippine Navy, to stand up and calm everyone down. He knew what he was doing, and he was in control when even the cabin crew looked like they were really at a loss on what to do. Capt Bok gave clear instructions for everyone to sit down, so that we could leave row by row to prevent the plane from tilting over. He was the clear definition of a “guiding voice,” he said in his blow-by-blow account.

The stricken Cebu Pacific Manila-Davao flight plane was removed from the runway of the Davao International Airport late Tuesday night.

Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/421173/navy-to-honor-hero-in-cebu-pacific-plane-mishap

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15ID SARU holds family bonding summer camporee

In lieu with the changing climate and the unpredictable weather of our country, safety preparedness should be everybody's concern. Especially now that the rainy season is coming up fast. 

In response to this, our friends from the Search and Rescue Unit, 15 Infantry Division Ready Reserve located at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City conducted their annual family-centered camporee which aims to deliver and train junior responders in disaster preparedness planning and response program in a fun, age-specific approach last May 25-26, 2013.

Fun-filled activities surprised the junior responders who will not only be trained in basic first aid, CPR for kids, victim transfer, family emergency planning, but will also receive outdoor training on camp management, tent-pitching, rappelling, and knot tying. Provided these kids undergo military-based training, they will also need to perform reveille and morning exercises. 

Junior responders being trained various outdoor management. 
Junior responders being trained on various knot tying.
Morning exercises is also part of the conducted camporee. To heed the call to help at SARU requires a person to be fit for duty. 

CPT Joam Morales PA (RES) teaching junior responders how to cleanse a wound. 
CPT Rommel H Marquez (INF) PA (RES) teaching kids about camp management. 

Kids enjoy rappelling activity with SARU personell.
These days, training at least one responder at home can provide fast first-aid delivery in such circumstances when it is needed. Parents and their children should see the advantage of planning their emergency policy and basic equipment at home because these actions do save lives, even their neighbors.
Pvt Donald Ordiales, PA (RES) conducted the storytelling prior to lights off. 
Photos from Search and Rescue Unit, 15ID (RR)

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Philippine Army Shooting Team photos in AASAM 2013

Photos from AASAM Facebook page by their respective photographers.
Mga kawal natin sa AASAM 2013 ay hinahanap at vine-verify ang scores pagkatapos sa naganap na match.

Si Sgt Rudy Edas, PA ay tinutulungan sa mga technique upang maka-iscore ang isang US Army Specialist Christopher Payne sa huling araw ng Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting (AASAM). 

Photo by SGT John Waddell © Commonwealth of Australia 2013




Isang myembro ng Philippine Army Shooting Team ay dumaan sa isang obstacle course na parte sa Match 51 kasama ang isang sundalo na hawak ang bandila ng Pilipinas. 

Awarding


Champion Shot - International! Congratulations Staff Sergeant Armando Mejia of the Philippines!

Philippine Army Shooting Team Photos



Napakasarap isipin at damdamin ang isang Pilipino na gumanap bilang kontestant sa isang okasyon na ito. Talagang saludo kami sa kawal Pilipino! You do us proud!

Photos from AASAM Facebook page by their respective photographers.

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Ang ating sundalo sa AASAM 2013


Mga mahuhusay na 350 shooters galing sa ibat-ibang sulok ng mundo ay dumalo para sa Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting (AASAM) noong ika 2 - 17 ng Mayo, 2013 sa Puckapunyal Military Range, Victoria, Australia. 

Ito ay isang combat focused skill at arms competition para maipakita ang husay ng bawat sundalo ng kanilang bansa gamit ang current in-service small arms system capabilities, equipment and targetry, at training analysis ng combat shooting technique, weapon training doctrine, at small arms practice.
Naghayag na kampeon ang sarili nating' Staff Sergeant Armando Mejia, Philippine Army sa international champion shot category.  Photo by: Sgt John Waddell, Commonwealth of Australia 2013 


For champion shot results click here

Habang 3rd place naman tayo sa international teams weapons championship category. Isang oooahh naman dyan!
Mga Pilipinong kawal natin sa AASAM sa awarding ceremony. Photo by SGT John Waddell © Commonwealth of Australia 2013

Ang naturang kompetisyon at sinasalihan ng mga shooters galing sa United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, China at marami pang iba. Ngunit ito ay kompetensya lamang sa husay sa lingwahe ng marksmanship kung saan ang isang team o indibidwal ay sasabak sa mga iba't-ibang pagsubok araw man o gabi. May assault course na mapapakita ang galing sa close quarter fighting at deliberate shooting to 450 meters. Mga isniper at susubok sa target na lagpas 1000 meters habang ang ibang contestants naman ay puputok ng iba't-ibang klaseng baril na standard issue sa kanilang sandatahang lakas. 

For the international results click here
For champion shot results click here
Mga isnappy at pogi nating Philippine Army Shooting Team (PAST) sa the AASAM 2013. Photo by SGT John Waddell © Commonwealth of Australia 2013
Dahil dito ay talaga namang masarap maging Pilipino! Ganyan din ang mga kawal natin, world -class!

 Mga pictures ng kawal natin sa naganap na AASAM. 
Photos by AASAM 2013 Facebook page by their respective photographers. 

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