ZAMBOANGA CITY – The commander of one of the Philippines’ biggest military camps – Western Mindanao Command – has thrown his full support to General Andres Centino following his appointment as Armed Forces Chief of Staff.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. named Centino to the top military post replacing Lt. Gen. Bartolome Bacarro.
Centino, appointed by then President Rodrigo Duterte, previously served as the Chief of Staff from November 12, 2021, to August 8, 2022 until Marcos replaced him and named Bacarro as Chief of Staff. Centino’s relief affected the morale not only of the officers but soldiers as well, citing his remarkable records and accomplishments.
Centino officially took over the post on Saturday, January 7, the same day Bacarro vowed out of military service. In his assumption speech, Centino said: “As I take on the responsibility as Chief of Staff, I reiterate what I have focused on in the past to comply with the urgent tasks at hand. While significant gains have been achieved in our security campaigns, there remain critical tasks to be carried out that need to be fully complied. We must ensure that all our resources are employed to definitively address all the current and emerging threats.”
Brig. Gen. Arturo Rojas, chief of the Western Mindanao Command, expressed his full support for the appointment of Centino as the 59th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
“Team WestMinCom welcomes our new Chief of Staff and we express our full support in all of his endeavors. We belong to one Team AFP and we are focused on fulfilling our mandate of protecting the people and defending the territorial integrity and national sovereignty,” Rojas said.
“Rest assured that we, the men and women of Western Mindanao Command, will continue to perform our sworn duties and give our best efforts for peace and progress here in Mindanao,” he added.
Centino graduated from the Philippine Military Academy with a Bachelor
of Science, cum laude, degree in 1988. (Mindanao
Examiner)
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