The Major Services Flashcards
Charge with the development of the regular and services ground forces of the AFP
The Philippine Army (PA)
Charge with the development of the air elements of the AFP.
The Philippine Air Force (PAF)
Chrage with the development naval element of the AFP
The Philippine Navy (PN)
Philippine Army’s Mission is to:
- To organize, train and equip army forces for the conduct of prompt and sustain land combat operation.
- To develop tactics, doctrine, procedures, techniques and equipment needed by the army for field operations.
- To train, organize and equip all army serve units and make them mobilized in lesser of span of t ime.
- To perform such other function as higher authorities may direct
Philippine Air Force’s Mission is to:
- To organize, train and equip air forces prompt and sustained operation in the air.
- To organize, train and equip air forces close support of ground forces
- To develop, doctrines, procedures, tactics, techniques and equipment for join operation peculiar to the air force.
- To furnish aerial photograph for cartographic purpose
- To perform such other function as higher authorize may direct
Philippine Navy’s Mission is to:
- To organize, train, equip, maintain and operate naval force and naval aircraft including naval reerve, and assistance, required by the other components of the AFP in accomplishments of its mission.
- To asist government agencies in the enforcement of laws and regulations pertaining to navigation, emigration, costumes, revenue, opium, quarantine fishing and neutrality in the territorial and continuos water of the Philippine archipelago.
- To develop doctrines, procedures, and naval equipment of join operation and the doctrine and procedures for amphibious operation.
- To be responsible for the naval phases of the reconnaissance, anti-submarine to warfare and the protection of shipping.
- To perform such other duties as higher authorities may direct.
What are the two components of the AFP?
The Regular Components & The Reerve Components
consist of all standing forces as directed by the President, The President may attach to the standing forces or may assigned to duty with any component of the standing forces such members of reserves officers and trainees as he may deemed necessary.
The Regular Components
consist of numbers of the reserve unit in the major services of the AFP wide-support and separate units and affliated reserve units as the President may authorize. The organization Reserve land, sea and air units, shall in so far as practicable, be that of the present table of organization and equipment (TOE) or table of distribution (TD) of the unit forces of the major services.
The Reserve Components
