Philippine Army

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The Philippine Army is the main ground warfare branch of the Philippines’ military, responsible for land-based defense and security operations across the country.

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Label Occurrences
Philippine Army canonical 25
Philippine Army units 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army
land warfare branch
abbreviation PA
allegiance Philippines
surface form: Republic of the Philippines
branchOf Armed Forces of the Philippines
chiefOfStaffSupervising Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
colors gold
green
commanderInChief President of the Philippines
component armor units
artillery units
aviation regiment
engineering units
infantry divisions
regular force units
reserve force units
special operations units
country Philippines
currentCommandingGeneral Commanding General, Philippine Army
doctrine combined arms operations
counterinsurgency warfare
emblem Philippine Army seal
engagement Korean War
surface form: Korean War (Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea)

Philippine Revolution
Philippine–American War
Vietnam War
surface form: Vietnam War (Philippine Civic Action Group)

Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945)
surface form: World War II in the Philippines

various internal armed conflicts in the Philippines
foundingDate 1897-03-22
foundingLocation Tejeros, San Francisco de Malabon, Cavite, Philippines
garrison Fort Andres Bonifacio
headquarters Fort Andres Bonifacio
headquartersLocation Taguig
surface form: Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
legalBasis Republic Act No. 7055 and related defense laws of the Philippines
motto Serving the people, securing the land
oversightBody Department of National Defense (Philippines)
surface form: Department of National Defense of the Philippines
partOf Armed Forces of the Philippines
predecessor Philippine Revolutionary Army
surface form: Ejército en la Revolución (Revolutionary Army of the First Philippine Republic)
primaryMission organize, train, and equip Army forces for the conduct of prompt and sustained ground operations
responsibility counterinsurgency operations
counterterrorism operations
defense of the Philippine state against land-based threats
support to civil authorities in disaster response
role ground warfare
internal security operations
land-based defense
territorial defense
serviceBranchType army
size over 100,000 active personnel
specialUnit Light Reaction Regiment
Scout Ranger Regiment
Special Forces Regiment (Airborne)

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Armed Forces of the Philippines hasPart Philippine Army
Battle of Bataan combatant Philippine Army
Distinguished Conduct Star serviceBranch Philippine Army
Gold Cross Medal associatedWith Philippine Army
M48 Patton tank usedBy Philippine Army
M198 howitzer usedBy Philippine Army
Ramon Magsaysay militaryBranch Philippine Army
Carlos P. Romulo militaryBranch Philippine Army
Fidel V. Ramos branchOfService Philippine Army
Basilio J. Valdes militaryBranch Philippine Army
Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas hasBranch Philippine Army
AFP subdivision Philippine Army
subject surface form: Armed Forces of the Philippines
General Headquarters, AFP overseesBranch Philippine Army
Battle of Trail 2 belligerent Philippine Army
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation canBeAwardedTo Philippine Army
this entity surface form: Philippine Army units
Presidential Security Group recruitsFrom Philippine Army
Libingan ng mga Bayani maintainedBy Philippine Army