ARMY ARTILLERY REGIMENT MARKS 3RD FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY
HAAR, Fort Magsaysay , Nueva Ecija - The Army Artillery Regiment (AAR)
of the Philippine Army celebrated yesterday its 3rd Founding Anniversary
with the theme "Artilyeros: Kabalikat sa Kapayapaan Mula Noon Hanggang
Ngayon". Present at the occasion was Commanding General of Philippine
Army Lt. Gen. Reynaldo B. Mapagu who joined the men of AAR in marking
their 3rd year in history after the unit's activation as a regiment back
in 2007.
In his speech, Army Chief Lt. Gen. Mapagu congratulated the AAR for
their persistent efforts in providing support to the Army for the past
three years.
"I enjoin you in commemorating the success of Team AAR in the past three
years since your unit’s activation as a regiment. The discipline,
sacrifices and perseverance that each and every one of you endures are
the reasons why you continuously reap great success and gains in our
campaign to secure a peaceful and developed society for our fellow
Filipino," said Lt. Gen. Mapagu.
Lt. Gen. Mapagu also acknowledged AAR's list of achievements and
recognized how the regiment helped in securing and fulfilling the Army's
mission in delivering lasting peace to the country and its people, and
congratulated the AAR for their contributions to the successful
elections.
Currently, the AAR is formulating a five-year organizational plan that
will promote improvement to their unit. For year 2010, the unit is
planning to upgrade the Headquarters Service Battery to Headquarters and
Headquarters Service Battalion, renaming of Artillery Regiment Training
Unit (ARTU) to Artillery Training Unit (ATU), and restructuring of Field
Artillery (FA) battalions. All these are tailored to the approved
organizational plan of the unit. #
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