Tag: change of command ceremonies

Galvez formally takes helm of 85,000-strong Armed Forces; Guerrero retires from military service

  By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Western Mindanao Command head Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez formally took the helm of the 85,000-strong military in change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo on Wednesday, April 18. Galvez, who was the overall commander of military operations during the Marawi siege, replaced General Rey Leonardo Guerrero, who bowed out of military service after 38 years. Guerrero reached his mandatory age of retirement on December 17 last year, but the […]

Duterte names newly retired AFP Chief Guerrero as MARINA head

(Eagle News) — Former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Rey Leonardo Guerrero will remain in public office. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte named Guerrero, who had just formally transferred command of the 85,000-strong military to Western Mindanao Command Chief Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez Jr., to the helm of the Maritime Industry Authority on Wednesday, April 18. Duterte ordered Guerrero to report to Marina next week. Guerrero reached the mandatory […]