AFP chief retires from service with simple rites tomorrow By Mario J. Mallari 12/11/2011

AFP chief retires from service with simple rites tomorrow

By Mario J. Mallari 12/11/2011

There will be no elaborate change of command ceremonies tomorrow when Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Oban Jr. retires from the active military service.

AFP spokesman Col. Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos Jr. said that Oban personally wanted the ceremonies simple.

“It is the intention of the chief of staff to make the command ceremony very simple. There will be no mechanized infantry, we won’t have armored assets,” Burgos said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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