Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Ricardo Visaya received his fourth star on Friday. A four-star rank is the highest military position and is exclusive to the AFP chief. PHOTO FROM AFP Public Affairs
Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Ricardo Visaya received his fourth star on Friday, exactly a week after he assumed the top military post.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana presided the donning of ranks at Camp Aguinaldo. Visaya was accompanied by his wife Mildred, said AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla.
A member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1983, Visaya is the 48th chief of staff of the AFP. Prior to his appointment, he was the commander of the Southern Luzon Command based in Quezon.
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A four-star rank is the highest military position and is exclusive to the AFP chief.
Visaya was accorded with full military honors at the General Headquarters, attended by the joint staff, top generals, enlisted personnel and civilian employees at Camp Aguinaldo.
Later on the same day, Visaya visited the Philippine Air Force headquarters in Pasay. He was awarded the PAF Aviator’s Gold Wings as the top leader of the AFP.
Padilla said that Visaya told the troops to hone its state of readiness for disaster response amid the monsoon rains brought by Typhoon Butchoy (Nepartak). CDG
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