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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Philippine Army Air Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Philippine Army Air Corps was created by the Philippine National Assembly's National Defense Act of 1935.
		The first Philippine Army airfield was built outside of Manila, Luzon.
		In July of 1941, Chief of the Army Air Forces[?], Major General Henry H. Arnold, proposed sending four heavy bombardment groups (340 aircraft) and 2 pursuit squadrons (260 aircraft) to the Philippines, as reinforcements for the Philippine Army Air Corps.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Philippine-Army-Air-Corps (375 words)

	Decision To Withdraw to Bataan
		Army planners in early 1941 believed that at the end of six months, if not sooner, supplies would be exhausted and the garrison would go down in defeat.
		MacArthur immediately objected to those provisions of RAINBOW relating to the Philippines and called for the revision of the plan on the ground that it failed to recognize either the creation of a high command for the Far East or the mobilization of the Philippine Army.
		This area was directly under the control of MacArthur's headquarters and contained the Philippine Division (less one battalion), the 71st and 91st Divisions (PA), the 86th Field Artillery (PS), the Far East Air Force, and the headquarters of the Philippine Department and the Philippine Army.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/70-7_06.htm (8043 words)

	John M. Gates, Ch. 3, The Pacification of the Philippines - Title
		JOHN M. Of the U. Army's early encounters with irregulars, none is more relevant to contemporary concerns than the army's campaign in the Philippines at the end of the nineteenth century, and my study of the Philippine-American War provided the foundation for much of my thinking on irregular warfare.
		Army served in the Philippines during the conflict, as well as a number of state and federal volunteers.
		Pitted against the Philippine revolution in the beginning was the waning power of imperial Spain, a nation that some 300 years earlier had been the strongest in Western Europe but by the end of the nineteenth century had been in a period of decline for over a century.
	www.wooster.edu /history/jgates/book-ch3.html (5422 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Philippine army kills 18 rebels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Army spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Preme Monta said a battle in the northern town of Santa Ignacia on Tuesday was triggered by a rebel raid at dawn.
		The Philippines, Washington's closest security ally in Southeast Asia, estimates that the NPA membership at 7000 is down from a peak of more than 25,000 in the mid-1980s.
		Philippine security forces are also fighting several Muslim groups, some of which are suspected of having links to al-Qaida and the regional network Jamaah Islamiyah.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/C5B16601-40B3-4CF7-9394-3B56708927A5.htm (290 words)

	ABC News: Philippine Army Questioning More Officers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A Philippine riot police officer uses his shield as an activist holds out her hand during a dispersal of a protest march marking International Women's Day and calling for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Manila Wednesday, March 8, 2006.
		MANILA, Philippines Mar 9, 2006 (AP)— The Philippine army said Thursday it was questioning more army officers and enlisted men for their suspected involvement in an alleged coup plot last month.
		But another army official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said eight Scout Ranger officers and 17 enlisted men were being investigated and have been restricted to quarters.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1704275 (461 words)

	About the Army - The Evolution of Philippine Army Seal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Army of the First Philippine Republic has an official seal that is very similar to the present one.
		On July 25 1959, Royal Blue was adopted as the organizational color of the Philippine Army discarding the maroon in keeping with the distinctive color of the PA which is blue.
		Present Army patch is basically that of a modified pentagonal shield which signifies defense- the Army's primary and ultimate mission.
	www.army.mil.ph /about_the_army/evolution_seal.html (542 words)

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		The Philippine Military Academy is the bastion of the future leaders of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
		Graduates of the Philippine Army curriculum focuses on the knowledge and skills of management of equipments and the leadership of it's men.
		In 1936, the Philippine Army Office of Superintendent of ROTC units assumed the responsibility to administer the ROTC training program all over the country and in 1939, the program became a compulsory course at all colleges and universities in the Philippines.
	www.angelfire.com /ga/batwentyone/train.html (2821 words)

	Philippine Scouts Heritage Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A common misperception is that the Philippine Scouts are descended from the Macabebe Scouts, who gained notoriety by serving first the Spanish, then the Americans during the suppression of the Philippine independence movement.
		In 1935, when the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines was established, the Scouts played a major role in training recruits and furnished many of the most able Filipino officers in the newly-authorized Philippine Army.
		During the early days of the Japanese onslaught, most of the elite troops of the Philippine Division were held in reserve while the Philippine Army units were being mauled on the invasion beaches.
	www.philippine-scouts.org /Articles/finest_hour.html (2196 words)

	Philippine Islands
		The small U.S. Army and Marine garrisons on Guam and Wake surrendered on 10 and 22 December, respectively, and the British forces in Hong Kong on 26 December.
		With a small army committed to continental defense and a general agreement that in the event America went to war it would adopt a defeat-Germany-first strategy, the U.S. military had reluctantly concluded that the Philippines must be sacrificed if the Japanese attacked.
		William F. Sharp was composed of the 61st, 81st, and 101st Infantry Divisions of the Philippine Army.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/pi/PI.htm (6318 words)

	KWCC Biography - MacArthur
		In 1937, he retired from the Army, but remained in the Philippines as an advisor to its government with the rank of generalissimo and a lavish salary and perquisites.
		When war came, MacArthur’s Philippine Army was poorly prepared to meet the crack invading Japanese Army in the field, and lacked the training to conduct the only real option open to it: guerrilla warfare.
		In the summer of 1941, the entire Philippine Army was inducted into the Army of the United States, and MacArthur was recalled to active duty to head the new command: U.S. Forces in the Far East.
	korea50.army.mil /history/biographies/macarthur.shtml (2585 words)

	Philippine army clash with rebels kills one - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		MANILA, Philippines — Philippine troops clashed Thursday with about 150 Abu Sayyaf guerrillas who were tracked by U.S. surveillance planes on the southern island of Jolo, the army said.
		Carolina said the officer killed in the clash was 1st Lt. James Apura, a commander in the army's elite Scout Rangers.
		The five rebel leaders were behind a yearlong kidnapping spree that ended with a bloody army rescue of the last three hostages on June 7.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_78655.html (388 words)

	Armed Forces of the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Philippine Marine Corps - The units of the 8,000-strong Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) are often the first to be called to respond to a crisis.
		Philippine Army Special Operations Command (PA SOCOM) - Philippine Army Special Operations Command (PA SOCOM) is composed of over 6,000 troops divided into the [[First Scout Ranger Regiment (FSRR)], Special Forces Regiment (Airborne), SFR(A) and The "Delta Force" of the Philippine Army is the elite Light Reaction Battalion or LRB trained in counter-terrorist operations.
		Philippine Air Force RDU - The rapid deployment force of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) is the 710th Special Operations Wing divided into ten (10)-man airborne attack teams.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philippine_Army (729 words)

	Philippine Scouts - Fort Sam Houston Museum
		During the Philippine Insurrection, the Army faced a manpower crisis in the Philippine Islands as many of the Volunteer regiments terms of service were coming to an end.
		In the post-war reorganization of the Army, the Philippines garrison was set at one division, one cavalry regiment and two coast artillery regiments.
		Stateside units were moved to the Philippines and consolidated with the Philippine Scout units to the Philippine Division in 1920.
	ameddregiment.amedd.army.mil /fshmuse/philp_scouts2.htm (841 words)

	Gregorio Camiling Bio
		At the height of the British-Spanish war in the Philippines in January 1763, one of the two distinguished Filipino infantry commanders in Governor Simon de Anda's army, was a native Kapampangan, Colonel Santos de los Angeles.
		of Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines and the former Apolonia Manalastas Miclat of the City of San Fernando in the Province of Pampanga of the Republic of the Philippines.
		From 1971 to 1974, he was the commanding officer of Alpha Company of the 26th Infantry Battalion under the 4th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army in the military campaign against Muslim rebels in the provinces of Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Basilan and Sulu of southern Philippines.
	www-rcf.usc.edu /~camiling/bio/gcamiling.htm (1994 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Philippine army 'to crush' rebels
		The Philippine army says it is determined to crush the Muslim extremist group which is holding about 30 hostages at a camp on the southern island of Basilan.
		The army attacked the camp on Saturday and says that three soldiers and at least four of the Abu Sayyaf Muslim group have been killed - a report denied by the extremists.
		The Philippine military said air force helicopters were firing rockets at outlying rebel camps to allow ground troops to penetrate the main camp where most of the hostages are believed to be held.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/723468.stm (330 words)

	Philippine Army Mobilization and Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Regular Army of the Philippine Commonwealth and the Constabulary were not to be inducted immediately.
		A rough estimate of the number of men in the Philippine Army, therefore, would be approximately 120,000, a figure which is confirmed by later reports on the number of men surrendered and by postwar claims for back pay and pensions.
		An American Army officer, Col. Clifford Bluemel, who had commanded the 45th Infantry (PS) and later the staff and command school at Baguio, was assigned as division commander with a staff consisting of Philippine Army and Scout officers.
	c.1asphost.com /scanhead25/philtraining.htm (2247 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Philippine army kills five rebels in clashes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Philippine troops killed five suspected members of Abu Sayyaf, a home-grown Muslim terrorist group with links to al Qaeda, in fierce fighting on a southern island, a senior military official said on Wednesday.
		The Philippine military has said it is confident it will flush out JI's Dulmatin and Umar Patek, suspects in the 2002 Bali bombings, and Sayyaf's chief Khaddafy Janjalani from Jolo because they no longer enjoy the support of local Muslim separatists.
		The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is supporting the army's current assault on the Abu Sayyaf after a truce between it and the military was agreed at a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference in May.
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=1119722006 (615 words)

	Philippines Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Philippine Army flag has the same ratio as the Philippine national flag.
		It is an army-green banner defaced by the seal of the Philippine Army, to wit:
		The date 1897 in the inscription commemorates the transformation of the ad hoc forces of the revolution into a professional army under the command of General Emilio Aguinaldo.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ph^army.html (77 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Philippine army hunts rebels
		The Philippine army says it is confident it will crush the Abu Sayyaf rebel movement after a jungle shoot-out with the group in which two hostages died.
		The Pentagon said the rescue mission was run entirely by the Philippine military, but Defence Secretary Angelo Reyes said he could not "overemphasise the importance of the American contribution".
		Army Scout Ranger Rodelio Tuazon said he found Mrs Burnham crying silently next to her husband's body.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2032670.stm (549 words)

	House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
		The Philippine Islands became a possession of the United States as a result of the Spanish American War.
		This Act also denied members of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Scouts the honor of being recognized as veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
		Now the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Scouts who served along side American troops who have an existing service-connected disability are guaranteed access to VA health care--granted they reside in the U.S. as either citizens or permanent registered aliens.
	www.house.gov /va/hearings/schedule107/jun02/6-13-02/wlawrence.html (713 words)

	News: Philippines, Philippine army on alert as US forces begin drills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		COTABATO CITY, Philippines, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Philippine security forces on the southern island of Mindanao were on alert on Monday, a day before U.S. commandos were to begin anti-terror drills in the heartland of the largest Muslim rebel group.
		Philippine soldiers set up checkpoints around Cotabato City, the business hub of impoverished Muslim areas on Mindanao, to guard against a potential backlash against the presence of the U.S. troops in nearby Carmen town.
		Carrying placards and chanting slogans, the protesters held a noisy rally and planned bigger protests outside a Carmen camp for the duration of the exercises.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6L55BW?OpenDocument (418 words)

	Special Forces mold Philippine Army
		After decades of fighting domestic terrorists, the Philippine military identified key areas that needed work: shooting, moving and communicating — the nucleus of basic infantry.
		The final two modules, at the dusty camp in the southern Philippines, are designed to create battalions of infantrymen and leaders in the southern island of Mindanao, where Philippine combatants fight rebel and terrorist groups regularly.
		The Philippine NCOs are taught in advance so they can help the troops when they begin.
	www.groups.sfahq.com /1st/03_05_17_molding_philipine_army.htm (605 words)

	Army Times - News - More News.
		JOLO, Philippines — A powerful explosion in a karaoke bar near a Philippine army camp killed one person and wounded about 20 Saturday on southern Jolo island, where American troops are staying for joint war exercises.
		He said a Philippine driver working on contract for U.S. troops was killed and about 20 other people were wounded.
		The Philippine military has been struggling to wipe out the Abu Sayyaf — at times with covert U.S. non-combat assistance — on Jolo, but a few hundred mountain-based guerrillas continue to threaten the impoverished island and nearby regions.
	www.armytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1546837.php (355 words)

	The Fall of the Philippines-Contents
		The result was defeat on the field of battle and the loss of the Philippine Islands.
		The author of The Fall of the Philippines, Louis Morton, served overseas as a historical officer in the South Pacific area and in the Philippines during World War II.
		All these and others placed their special knowledge and skill freely and generously at the disposal of the author, but he alone is responsible for any shortcomings this volume may possess.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/5-2/5-2_Contents.htm (803 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Philippine army in southern clash
		The Philippine army says it has used helicopter gunships and heavy artillery in a battle with Muslim separatists on the southern island of Mindanao.
		But Philippine and Malaysian officials said the clash, involving an army detachment near the town of Mamasapano, was not likely to affect negotiations as it was an isolated event by a small group of breakaway rebels.
		Talks between Muslim rebels and the Philippine government to end the 35-year separatist conflict are due to restart in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur in February.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4160719.stm (277 words)

	National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis - Philippine Army and Guerrilla Records
		Requests for information from the "Philippine Army" collection are generally received from the individuals involved, family members, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, other government agencies and congressional offices.
		As a veteran or next-of-kin of a deceased veteran serving in the Philippine Army, we prefer that you use eVetRecs to submit your request.
		Authentic call to active duty orders (applicable only to Philippine Army USAFFE members)supported by an acceptable affidavit by a person who is a member of the same unit and whose service is established by archives.
	archives.gov /st-louis/military-personnel/philippine-army-records.html (752 words)

	TIME.com: Demoted Promotion -- Aug. 4, 1941 -- Page 1
		Keystone of Philippine defense are the U.S. regulars and the Philippine Scouts.
		When Douglas MacArthur became Philippine military adviser in 1935, the plan was to train 40,000 Filipinos a year until the Commonwealth Army reached a total of 400,000 active and reserve.
		Today, after a series of cuts in appropriations, the Philippine Army is 75,000—Moros, Tagalogs and Igorots—a cross section of the Islands' population.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,884382,00.html (717 words)

	91st COASTAL ARTILLERY (PHILIPPINE SCOUTS)
		Most officers were members of the U.S. Army, and served two year tours in the Philippines.
		Officers were normally provided one month a year of detached service at the Army's rest camp, Camp John Hay in the cool mountain province.
		Because he was one of the Army's top mine officers, he was assigned to command the Mine Group.
	corregidor.org /chs_munson/91st.htm (2865 words)

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