8ID celebrates
Philippine Army Day
By DPAO, 8ID PA
March 25, 2014
CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan
City, Samar – The 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army celebrated
the 117th Founding Anniversary of the Philippine Army on March 22,
2014.
8ID and its line units
conducted simultaneous service-oriented activities in celebration of
the founding of the Philippine Army. In Catbalogan City alone, 8ID
headquarters rendered medical services to 110 beneficiaries and dental
services to 37 beneficiaries and provided the people of the chance to
learn about 8ID’s activities through a photo exhibit of its various
activities and accomplishments.
The 8ID combo and Marching
Band have rendered a free concert for the Catbaloganons at the
Catbalogan City Plaza. Other activities conducted were: tree planting
and photo exhibit at Catarman, Northern Samar by 803rd Brigade; and
photo exhibit at Ormoc City Plaza by 802nd Brigade.
In the occasion of the 117th
Anniversary of the Philippine Army, Maj Gen Jet B. Velarmino AFP, the
Commander of the 8th Infantry Division said: “The services that 8ID
has rendered in commemoration of the 117th founding of the Philippine
Army symbolize the Army’s transformation from its traditional role as
an organization that merely conducts combat operations against rebels
to an organization that focuses on winning the peace without violence.
“History tells us that more
than a century ago, the Philippine Army declared independence from our
colonizers, and that action paved the birth of the First Philippine
Republic on June 12, 1898. The 8ID under my Command will in its own
little way, keep on the glorious tradition of the Philippine Army as a
catalyze of positive change by rendering selfless services for the
people in Eastern Visayas region.”
