Area of Responsibility

Bohol Cebu Negros Occidental Siquijor

Unit History

   THE 7TH REGIONAL COMMUNITY DEFENSE GROUP, ARMY RESERVE COMMAND OF TODAY TRACES ITS ORIGIN FROM THE DEFUNCT CIVIC ACTION CENTER (CAC) WHICH WAS ORGANIZED IN CAMP LAPULAPU, CEBU CITY ON 24 MAY 1966. COLONEL OSCAR V ALEONAR PA HAD THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST UNIT COMMANDER.  ITS PRIMARY PEACETIME MISSION THEN, IS TO CONDUCT SEMINARS AMONG BARRIO LEADERS ON TECHNIQUES OF FRUIT TREE GRAFTING IN WEEKLY ROTATION BASIS.

COLONEL OSCAR V ALEONAR WAS SUCCEEDED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL BONIFACIO SORIANO ON 19 MAY 1967.  ON 03 JUNE 1968, COLONEL OSCAR V ALEONAR TOOK OVER AGAIN AS THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND WAS IN TURN RELIEVED BY COLONEL EMILIO ALCOSEBA ON 01 JANUARY 1970.  IT WAS DURING HIS INCUMBENCY THAT THE HOME DEFENSE AFFAIRS UNIT (HDAU) WAS ACTIVATED IN PLACE OF THE CIVIC ACTION CENTER (CAC) ON 10 FEBRUARY 1970 WHICH WAS REORGANIZED TO SUIT ITS EXPANDED MISSION.

 LATER THE HOME DEFENSE AFFAIRS UNIT (HDAU) WAS TRANSFORMED INTO THREE (3) HOME DEFENSE BATTALIONS AND PLACED UNDER THE 3RD INFANTRY BRIGADE (SEPARATE) DURING THE LATTER'S ORGANIZATION IN 1972.  THESE BATTALIONS WERE DEPLOYED IN EASTERN, WESTERN AND CENTRAL VISAYAS.

          ON 23 AUGUST 1973, COLONEL ENRIQUEZ WAS RELIEVED AND THEN MAJOR MANUEL ARCE PA WAS DESIGNATED AS THE ACTING UNIT COMMANDER UP TO 31 DECEMBER 1973

         ON 01 JANUARY 1980, THE UNIT WAS TRANSFERRED FROM 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE ARMY RESERVE COMMAND (ARESCOM).      THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY OF 7RHDU, ARESCOM COVERS THE REGIONS 6 AND 7 ONLY.  

       IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE HISTORIC EDSA REVOLUTION WHEN THE ARMY RESERVE COMMAND (ARESCOM) WAS DISSOLVED, THE 7TH REGIONAL COMMUNITY DEFENSE UNIT WAS REASSIGNED TO 3RD INFANTRY (SPEARHEAD) DIVISION, PHILIPPINE ARMY EFFECTIVE 01 APRIL 1986 PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDERS NR 59 HEADQUARTERS PHILIPPINE ARMY DATED 3 APRIL 1986. 

        ON 01 AUGUST 1986, THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE 7TH REGIONAL COMMUNITY DEFENSE UNIT WAS REDUCED AND CONFORMED TO THE AREA OF REGION VII PLACING REGION VI UNDER THE 6TH REGIONAL COMMUNITY DEFENSE UNIT (6RCDU) WHICH WAS ACTIVATED ON THE SAME DATE.

        PURSUANT TO GO NR 391 HPA DATED 12 MAY 1992 EFFECTIVE 1 JULY 1992, THE 7TH REGIONAL COMMUNITY DEFENSE UNIT WAS REASSIGNED FROM 3RD INFANTRY (SPEARHEAD) DIVISION, PA TO RESERVE COMMAND, PA.          

        ON 2 JANUARY 1993, THE 7RCDU WAS RENAMED TO 7TH REGIONAL COMMUNITY DEFENSE GROUP WITH PRIMARY RESERVIST AND ROTC ROLE. 

        ON 3 OCTOBER 2002, PURSUANT TO HPA GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER 520, THE 704TH CDC WAS ACTIVATED FROM A  PROVISIONAL UNIT UNDER THE 7RCDG, ARESCOM.

        TO DATE, THE 7TH RCDG HAS FOUR (4) ESTABLISHED CDCs IN THE FOLLOWING PROVINCES IN REGION VII:

•         CEBU

•         BOHOL

•         NEGROS ORIENTAL

•         AND SIQUIJOR