Bangit is new AFP chief
MANILA,
March 9 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo announced today the
appointment of Philippine Army chief Lt. Gen. Delfin N. Bangit as
incoming chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, vice
Gen. Victor Ibrado, who is retiring on Wednesday, his 56th birthday.
The President will preside over the turnover of the AFP
command in Camp Aguinaldo on Wednesday.
Bangit is a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy
Class 1978 and has held many sensitive and significant postings before
he became Army chief. He also held the post of Group Commander of the
Presidential Security Group and Commander of the unified Southern Luzon
Command (Solcom).
Prior to his post as Solcom chief, he was the commanding general of the
2nd Infantry Division, Philippine Army from September 2007 to May 2008;
and Chief, Intelligence Service, Armed Forces of the Philippines from
August 2006 to September 2007.
He has also been the Chief of Staff, Intelligence and
Security Group, Philippine Army from May 1997 to August 1998; Company
Commander, Alpha Company, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry (Jungle
Fighter) Division, Philippine Army; Assistant Chief of Staff for
Intelligence (G2), 4th Infantry Division, Philippine Army; Area Command
Staff for Intelligence, SOLCOM, AFP; Battalion Commander, 2nd Infantry
Battalion, 2nd Infantry (Jungle Fighter) Division, Philippine Army.
Bangit is a graduate of the Command and Staff Course at the
Australian Army Command and Staff College; Pre-Commander Course for
Battalion Commander and Infantry Officer Advance Course, both taken at
the Combat Arms School, Training Command, Philippine Army; Anti-Urban
Terrorist Patrol Training at the Louisiana State Police Academy; and the
Foreign Officer Tactical Intelligence Course at the School for Military
Intel in Australia. He finished his Master of Defense Studies from the
University of Canberra, Australia in 2000.
He is a recipient of five Distinguished Service Stars, three
Bronze Cross Medals, Silver Wing Medal, 15 Military Merit Medals,
Mindanao-Sulu, Visayas and Luzon Campaign Medals and Ribbons and a US
Military Commendation Medal among others.
Lieutenant General Bangit is married to Daisy Magdangal-
Bangit. They are blessed with three children, Harold, Diane, and Hector.
(PNA)
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