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| | The Official Website of the Department of National Defense, Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | |   Model employees for 2005 of the DND bureaus and agencies are Aida B. Calagui, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP); Regina D. Marino, Office of Civil Defense (OCD); Bienvenido A. Bautista, Government Arsenal (GA); Valerio C. Lim III, Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO); and Zenaida A. Taccaban, National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP). |
 | | The AFP is mandated to uphold the sovereignty, support the Constitution and defend the territory of the Republic of the Philippines against all enemies, foreign and domestic; promote and advance the national aims, interests and policies; and plan, organize, maintain, develop and deploy its regular and citizen reserve forces for national security. |
 | | Through the years, the DND and AFP have remained steadfast and active in protecting the nation from threats that have eaten up our resources and hindered lasting economic growth. |
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