AFP HISTORY

TERMINAL LEARNING OBJECTIVE

• To provide the cadets with the basic

knowledge and better understanding on
AFP History
ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Refresh their minds on the specific details

on the history of the Philippines
• Understand the events that led to the
establishment of the Army and the AFP
• Appreciate the lessons presented by the
events that transpired in the past
SCOPE
• Battle of Mactan
• The home ground informal military consciousness during the uprising
against Spain
• Filipinos in Spanish military arm service
•  The first formal truly Filipino military organization
• The Commonwealth Army (1935-1945)
• World War II
• The Army of the Third Republic (1946-1972)
• The martial law years and the fourth republic (1972-1986)
• The Fifth Republic
• * Attempted coups
• AFP towards the 21st Century – Ramos Administration
1. BATTLE OF MACTAN

LAPU-LAPU
2. The home ground informal military
consciousness during the uprising against Spain

• The units have little

training, poorly armed,
and lacking in tactical
leadership, organization
and logistical support.
• Dagohoy rebellion
3. Filipinos in Spanish Military Arm
Service

• Spaniards applied the strategy of

conquer-divide-rule
4. The first formal truly Filipino Military
Organization
• Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng
mga anak ng bayan (KKK) was established.
• Revolutionary government was organized in the
Tejeros Convention in 1897
• GENERAL ARTEMIO RICARTE as the FIRST
CAPTAIN
• General Antonio Luna as Minister of War.
• Baptism of Fire on February 4, 1899.
• General Miguel Malvar of Batangas who surrendered
5. The Commonwealth Army (1935-
1945)
• 1935 – inaugurated of Commonwealth
of the Philippines
• Jan 11, 1936 – reactivation of PA of
Sen. Millard Tydings
the commonwealth
• June 19, 1936 - Retired American Gen
Douglas McArthur as adviser of
reconstituted Philippine Army
Sen. John McDuffie
6. World War II

• Dec 8, 1941 – Japanese bombed

various targets in the country.
• Dec 10, 1941- Japanese 14th
Army under Gen Homma
landed in Lingayen, Pangasinan
• Death March – because failure
of all defense plan
7. The Army of the Third Republic (1946-
1972)
• President Manuel Roxas
• National Defense Forces
• May 6, 1948
• President Quirino
• Cpt Rafael Ileto
• July 1, 1957
• Jabidah massacre in 1968
• 1st Infantry (TABAK) Division,
• three independent brigades
8. The Martial Law Years and the
Fourth Republic (1972-1986)
• Sept 21, 1972
Army fighting on two fronts:
-the secessionists in the South– mobilized reservists
-the communist guerillas in the North particularly in Isabela–
best troops
• Sen Benigno Aquino
• During this time, the NPA regained its lost strength reaching its
zenith in 1986 with 25, 000 guerillas from only 3, 000 in 1979
• Colonel Gringo Honasan
• President Marcos
• DSA PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION
9. The Fifth Republic
• The People Power Revolution of 1986
• 5 attempted coups and 3 rebellions that were suppressed
Attempted Coups
• Manila Hotel incident (July 7, 1986)
• GOD SAVE THE QUEEN incident (November 1986)
• Channel 4 incident (January 1987)
• August 28, 1987 Coup
• December 1-9, 1989 Coup
Pocket Rebellion by military elements
• Black Forest incidents (April 1987)
• Aguinaldo Caper (March 4, 1990)
• Noble Uprising (October 1990)
• The establishment of the PNP
10. AFP Towards the 21st Century-
Ramos Administration
• During this time, the AFP is modernizing its
administrative system with the introduction and
use of computers in a massive scale and the
updating of its training and education programs.
• Its organizations are divisions, brigades and
battalions
• Its weapons range from scorpion light tanks to
armored personnel carrier and various artillery
pieces to M14 and M16