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Meritorious Achievement Medal. Distinguished Service Medal. Chief of Staff of the AFP Commendation Medal and Ribbon. Gawad sa Kaunlaran. Bronze Cross. Silver Wing Medal. Wounded Personnel Medal. Military Merit Medal. Combat - Spearhead.
Army and Air Force. The Philippine Army during the Commonwealth period as well as after independence - as well as the Air Force beginning 1947 - used essentially the same rank insignias as the United States Army. [citation needed] The main difference is the addition of a rank named third lieutenant and the five-star rank of Field Marshal.
The insignia of the Philippine Legion of Honor. These are military decorations which recognize service and personal or unit accomplishments of members and units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (Philippine Army, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Navy and Philippine Marine Corps). [3] Military Personnel Decorations
The Special Forces Regiment (Airborne)[ 3] is a Special Operations Forces unit of the Philippine Army. The unit is based on and continually trains with its American counterpart, the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets). [ 4] The basic combat organization of the Special Forces is the 12-man Special Forces Team.
The Combat Commander's Kagitingan (K) Badge [1] [2] is awarded by the Commanding General, PA to PA officers and enlisted personnel who have commanded combat and combat support units for at least one cumulative year; all other PA military personnel who have rendered at least one cumulative year of combat duty regardless of their assignment ...
The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. [ 1] The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when sensitive electronic communications were not routinely encrypted; today, the names simply serve for purposes of brevity, clarity ...
Officer of the US Army, the Philippine Army, and the USAFFE. Charter Member, BSP. Supported the establishment of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, of which his wife Pilár Hidalgo Lim was the co-founder. Commanded 41st Division, Philippine Army at Battle of Bataan. Survived Bataan Death March. Executed 1944 by the Japanese. [8] [9] [10] [33]
Senior master sergeant (abbreviated SMSgt) is the second-highest enlisted rank (pay grade E-8) in the United States Air Force and United States Space Force, just above master sergeant and below chief master sergeant, and is a senior non-commissioned officer (SNCO). According to Air Force Instruction 36-2618, The Enlisted Force Structure :