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Central Command

Coat of Arms of the AFP Central Command
Active March 29, 1988 - December 1, 2001 December 1, 2001 - Present
Country Flag of the Philippines Philippines
Role Conventional and Unconventional Warfare, Anti-Guerrilla Operations
Part of Under the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Garrison/HQ Camp Lapu-Lapu, Cebu City, Cebu
Nickname CentCom
Motto PEOPLE'S DYNAMIC PARTNER FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS IN THE VISAYAS
Anniversaries December 01
Engagements Anti-guerilla operations against the NPA and local criminal elements
Commanders
Current
commander		 LGen Pedro Insierto AFP
Notable
commanders		 MGen Victor S Ibrado AFP, MGen Romulo F Yap AFP, MGen Jaime S De Los Santos AFP, MGen Julius L Javier AFP, LGen Emmanuel R Teodosio AFP, LGen Samuel B Bagasin AFP, LGen Cardozo M Luna AFP, MGen Victor A Mayo AFP, LGen Dionisio R Santiago AFP
Insignia
Unit Patch Central Command Emblem

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History

During the 1980’s, the quick growth of the insurgency in the Visayas made the their area strategically important to the counter-insurgency program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP) ( Filipino: Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) is composed of the Philippine Army, Philippine Incidentally, it was increasingly clear that peace and development in this part of the country.

As a quick response to the emerging threats to national security during those times, the Armed Forces saw the need to be dynamic and to constantly restructure and tailor fit its forces in order to effectively address these threats. In 1981, the Regional Unified Commands were created as the controlling Operational Headquarters for counter-insurgency operations, with each region in the archipelago being covered with a Regional Unified Command (RUC). The Visayas Area which has three regions, three (3) Regional Unified Commands (RUC) were created, RUC 6, 7 and 8. However, by 1987 the AFP saw the need to restructure once more. This move was an offshoot of the observation that the Regional Unified Commands made to streamline with one purpose of optimizing utilization of personnel and assets within the AFP.

As a response to these realizations, a Joint Air-Ground-Sea Force was conceptualized to perform not only security operations, but also to serve as one of the major contributors in the development of the National Government, most especially within the countryside. That's why, on 29 March 1988, the Visayas Command or VISCOM was activated pursuant to Letter of Instruction Number 8 of 1988 also known as Operational Plan (OPLAN) “Pagbabago Echo” to exercise control over all military and paramilitary forces deployed in that region to suppress communists and insurgency and to sustain other units that support the internal security efforts of the Visayas Region including direct support to the local law enforcement.

01 December 2001, the Visayas Command was again reorganized and renamed as the Central Command pursuant to General Orders Number 08, dated 03 January 2002.

The reorganization and restructuring program was in line with the AFP Modernization Program to further enhance command and control essential for a more compact, effective, efficient and responsive organization to properly address the insurgency problems and maintain cohesiveness and unity of efforts of all AFP forces operating in the area to combat existing threats of the country.

Lineage of Commanding Officers

Units

The following are the units that are under the Central Command. Lieutenant General Cardozo M Luna, is the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the second highest position in the AFP hierarchy

Operations

References

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