A TOTAL of 14 officers and enlisted personnel completed their career and specialization courses in military schools and training institutions abroad in the first six months of 2022, the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Education and Training said.

Among the Philippine Army officers who completed their foreign schooling were Captain Krystel Rose Abay who received the US Army Achievement Medal for completing the US Civil Affair Training Course from the US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School; Colonel Emi Rex Santos who completed the Malaysian Armed Forces Defense College Course with distinction; and Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Mark Malinit who finished the Army Staff Course Program at the Defense Services Command and Staff College in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, the army said Major Francisco Lingat III and Major Evangeline Ruby completed the Combined Defense Intelligence Research and Analysis Course offered by the Defence Command Support Training Centre in Canberra, Australia; 1st Lieutenant Joseph Stalin Fagsao finished the Battalion Reconnaissance Officer Course at the School of Infantry in New South Wales, Australia while Major Marlon Reyes Jr. finished the All Corps Major Course Command, Leadership, Training Management facilitated by the Australian Defence Force.

Also included in the list were Colonel Ernest John Jadloc who completed the Master of Science in Defense Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School from Monterey, California; Major Rhegie Cabrera who finished the Command and Staff General Staff Officer Course from the US Army’s General Staff College; and Lieutenant Colonel Jose Roy Manuel Dizon who completed the Command Staff Programme offered by the Joint Canadian Forces College.

Captain Zoe Galido and Captain Ardy B. Ludivico finished their Field Artillery Captains Career Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA while 1st Lieutenant Clint Achilles Ramos completed his Special Forces Qualification Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA. Colonel Roy Anthony Derilo completed the Master in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College and Col. Vincent Arnold O. Dy finished the Master of Arts in Combating Terrorism Policy and Strategy at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

Last on the list was Master Sergeant Ariel Ramos who finished the US Army Sergeants Major Course.

The Philippine Army offers foreign courses to further enhance the competencies of soldiers and contribute to the attainment of the organization’s International and Defense Engagement effort, operational enhancement, and capability development.

The foreign schooling program also contributes to the attainment of the Army’s vision of becoming a world-class that is a source of national pride by 2028.