Title: Air Force Reservists
saver111 - March 24, 2007 11:41 AM (GMT)
Some activites of the 1RRAW.
http://1rraw.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
http://www.slide.com/r/Yf-lw0i7BPQOmc3LBSuATllMev4j7HhH
http://1rraw.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
http://www.slide.com/r/Yf-lw0i7BPQOmc3LBSuATllMev4j7HhH
saver111 - March 29, 2007 08:26 AM (GMT)
Old article but shows what a Reservist could do.
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| SUNDAY INQUIRER MAGAZINE, May 8, 2005 This Boracay Bussinessman Helps Saves Lives On the Side by Joy Rojas When a helicopter landed on the lawn of Swiss consul Daniel Vogel's house in Boracay, it was as if a blessing had fallen from the sky. His mother, then 75, was suffering from a severe aneurysm of the stomach and was in need of immediate medical attention. But her delicate condition required her to stay as still as possible; transporting her to the nearest hospital via banca or car was clearly out of the question. The chopper, which came from Mactan, Cebu, flew her all the way to the Phil. General Hospital, where she received treatment in the nick of time. Once fully recovered, she asked to meet the person responsible for her life-and-death rescue. Vogel tracked the man down, and upon his arrival in Boracay, his mother met this virtual stranger with kisses. "You are my savior!" she cried. That's all in a day's work for Charlie Uy, whose 24th Reserve Airlift and Tactical Support Squadron is the group of volunteers behind many of Boracay's dramatic search and rescue operations. A habitue of the popular beach resort since the early '80s, Uy grew increasingly alarmed at the fact that a crowd-drawing destination like Boracay (an estimated 70,000 guests spent last Holy Week here) offered next to no search and rescue provisions, and little local government support. Although a coast guard presence has since been added on the island (there was none when Uy launched his squadron in 1997), Boracay makes do with a single fire truck, an old dilapidated model that failed to do its job when a huge fire gutted the talipapa last Jan 21. Not wanting to sit still, and yet fully aware that he could only do so much as a civilian, Uy had himself commissioned on the reservist side of the Phil. Air Force at an age when guys begin counting down the days to their retirement. "I was almost 50 at the time," he chuckled. "The age limit is 60." After undergoing intensive training, Uy, now a lieutenant colonel and commander of search and rescue missions in Boracay and the Visayas has been training volunteers on the rudiments of search and rescue operations for the past eight years. The course, a 15-day, 10-hours-a-day program, involves classroom lectures on basic life support and swimming techniques, actual helicopter rappelling and sea operations, and a culminating activity wherein participants practice their skills in a simulated rescue. Offered off-season, the course attracts many of the island's residents; perhaps the chance to ride a helicopter has something to do with it. Uy, however, would rather believe that it's the sense of volunteerism that fuels participants-from tricycle drivers and bangkeros to employees of the island's 200 establishments-to finish the course and stay on. This year alone, the commander has trained 44 new recruits, and refreshed the skills of 18 original volunteers. The island could certainly use all the help. Previous years have seen the squadron comb Boracay's waters for a Taiwanese lady who was reportedly missing after not having returned from her day of kayaking. Vigilant rescuers found her 10 days later, dead. An Israeli national was luckier; the group managed to get him out of the batcaves where he was trapped. Aircraft access (Uy, by the way, owns a Cessna and learned how to fly it) also proves a godsend in these critical situations. Beside transporting the Swiss consul's mother safely, Phil. Air Force helicopters flew an Italian journalist from Boracay to the Villamor Airbase in Manila where an ambulance en route to the Makati Medical Center was waiting for her. Commercial airlines refused to fly her back to the city after a freak kiteboarding accident. While search and rescue missions are a rare occurrence in Boracay these days, Uy and his team remain on their toes. To help out the talipapa fire, the volunteers formed a long line and passed buckets of water from the sea to the site of the blaze. Others contained the fire within the area by detaching the flammable roofs of nearby establishments and dousing them with water. The catastrophe caused extensive damage to property, but thankfully, no lives were lost. Uy's desire to extend a helping hand - "I'd like to believe that it's my life's mission," he says - began many years before his search and rescue crew. It was while taking his master's degree that the true-blue La Sallite would meet a mentor in the MBA program's dean and professor, Andy Reyes. "One day, he asked me if I was free and if I wanted to join him," relates Uy. Unbeknownst to Uy, Reyes had brought him to his first Jaycees meeting, and while Uy, who was 22 at the time, wanted to back out, the warmth and camaraderie he experienced instantly in the leadership and civic-oriented group anchored him. "It was like they had known me all their lives," he says. Professionally, Uy continues his quest to help others by providing them with stable income. "I felt the way top help people indirectly is through jobs," he says. "That's why I've never been an employee, I've always been an employer." He's been into printing, exporting local handicrafts, and was the pioneer in bringing in video games like Pong and Pacman to these shores, "until President Marcos banned them in 1981," he says wryly. Today, its his real estate holding company Charlex and its most high-profile property, The Boracay resort Patio Pacific, that provides people with the opportunity to improve the quality of their lives through a decent living. If the former Pink Patio has evolved from a rustic six room affair to a triple A beach resort boasting a chill-out lounge, the only wall-climbing facility in Boracay, a wellness center, and three guard dogs trained to sniff out suspicious luggage, its loyal staff has come a long way as well. "My chief cook used to be my neighbor, who was a plain housewife," informs Uy. "And my chief engineer was once a construction worker. It's gratifying when you see people turn their lives from nothing to something. Uy can definitely relate. "One satisfying thing about Patio Pacific is that I started it from nothing," he says. "And yet I was able to improve the business by applying what I learned from my travels." And speaking of travel, the irony of Uy, who is forever shuttling to and from Boracay, is that he is not a beach person at all. If the self-described "simple guy, I don't smoke or drink" had his way, he would love to soak up the sights and culture of a country he has yet to explore/ And yet, Uy will gladly fly back to Boracay, if only to see for himself how his modern beach resort is helping guests relax and have the time of their lives. "The last time I was here," he beams, "we were 100 percent booked." |
spraret - May 10, 2008 09:47 AM (GMT)
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| 05/09/2008 | 02:33 AM Email this | Email the Editor | Print | Digg this | Add to del.icio.us ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - Fifty students of different colleges in the region are undergoing the annual summer cadre training at the Edwin Andrews Air Base (EAAB) in Zamboanga City, a military official disclosed. Brigadier General Lino Horacio Lapinid, chief of the Philippine Air Force' Reserve Command, said the summer cadre training is part of the military's Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program. Students who will complete the 45-day summer cadre training class-23 will become the second-class cadet officers of the military's advanced ROTC program. After graduating as first-class cadet officers, they will have to undergo the summer cadre training class-43 or the probationary second lieutenant training, which is a requirement aside from written and medical tests to be commissioned into the Armed Forces as officers. The second-class and first-class cadets are the ones who teach military science and tactics with the supervision of military enlisted personnel and officers to students who are taking ROTC course. They are entitled to allowance and two sets of military uniforms. Lapinid said they are enhancing the reserve course program this year to encourage more college students in taking the ROTC course. It is because most of the college students are taking the National Service Training Program (NSTP), an option given them by the government if they don't want to take the ROTC.- Sun.Star Zamboanga |
didu - May 12, 2008 09:12 AM (GMT)
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| After graduating as first-class cadet officers, they will have to undergo the summer cadre training class-43 or the probationary second lieutenant training, which is a requirement aside from written and medical tests to be commissioned into the Armed Forces as officers. The second-class and first-class cadets are the ones who teach military science and tactics with the supervision of military enlisted personnel and officers to students who are taking ROTC course. They are entitled to allowance and two sets of military uniforms. |
Nice..how about the PN and PA, do they have similar summer programs for their reservists?
saver111 - May 19, 2008 04:14 AM (GMT)
All branches of service have their own summer training activity.
saver111 - July 2, 2008 04:20 AM (GMT)
RRATSW showing capabilities
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| 28 June 2008 - Villamor Air Base Pasay City - Lt Gen Pedrito S Cadungog, CG, PAF together with Brig Gen Horacio Lino Lapinid, commander PAF Reserve Command and Col Ernesto S Levanza, Wing Commander, RRATSW (Upper Left Photo) witness the teams of firefighters, pararescuers, highly trained medical and emergency technicians, backed by ambulances, fire trucks, planes and rescue vehicles performed two well-coordinated responses to emergency situations during the Air Force Reservists Capability Demo at Villamor Air Base Grandstand. (Photo by SSgt Bruna) |
PAF Reservists demonstrate capability response against terror incident, disaster
VILLAMOR AIR BASE, Pasay City – Teams of firefighter, pararescuers, highly trained medical and emergency technicians, backed by ambulances, fire trucks, planes and rescue vehicles performed two well-coordinated responses to emergency situations during the Air Force Reservists Capability Demo at Villamor Air Base grandstand today.
Brig. Gen. Horacio Lapinid, commander of PAF Reserve Command, said the event is part of a series of activities that will culminate in this year’s celebration of PAF 61st founding anniversary on July 2.
In his speech, Air Force chief Lt. Gen. Pedrito Cadungog, the event’s guest of honor, expressed his thanks to the Air Force reservists for being ready in extending support to the people. He also exhorted them to continue with their advocacy of providing their professional capabilities to the needy, especially during disasters.
The reservists demonstrated their response routines to a burning building with a well-coordinated participation of firefighters, medical personnel and evacuation specialists during the first scenario. The second scenario was a simulated hostage taking of a passenger bus where an actor playing the role of a terrorist killed the driver with a machete, and exploded a bomb hurting the passengers, prompting the deployment of snipers, assault personnel and back up paramedics and ambulances.
The event featured air, sea and land assets and disaster response equipment of PAF reservists and reservist companies. A mass formation of reservists was also held.
The whole day event was capped with a trade fair at the PAF museum.
http://www.paf.mil.ph/HQ/PIO/PR%20JUNE%202...demonstrate.htm
saver111 - July 5, 2008 11:17 AM (GMT)
Ready Reserve Airlift & Tactical Support Wing (Reservist Wing of the Year)
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| PAF to honor outstanding units Tuesday VILLAMOR AIR BASE, Pasay City – Outstanding performances by Philippine Air Force units will be honored in a special flag raising ceremony Tuesday at Villamor Air Base. The awarding ceremony forms part of this year’s celebration of PAF’s 61st founding anniversary, a report from the headquarters of the Philippine Air Force said. Philippine Air Force public information officer Major Gerardo M Zamudio Jr said this year’s awardees is led by Antonio Bautista Air Base in Puerto Princesa City which was adjudged the Model Base of the Year and the Clark-based Air Logistics Command that won as Division/Command of the Year. Zamudio said the other winners are 15th Strike Wing based at Sangley Point, Cavite (Tactical Wing of the Year), Clark-based 410th Maintenance Wing (Support Wing of the Year), Tacloban-based Tactical Operations Group 8 (Tactical Operations Group of the Year), 450th Maintenance Support Group under 205th Tactical Helicopter Wing based in Mactan, Cebu (Support Group of the Year), 15th Strike Wing’s 18th Attack Squadron (Tactical Squadron of the Year), 4112nd CAMS of 410th Maintenance Wing (Support Squadron of the Year), Ready Reserve Airlift & Tactical Support Wing (Reservist Wing of the Year) and 220th Airlift Wing based in Mactan, Cebu (CG, PAF Award for Flight Safety). Squadron level flight safety trophies will also be awarded to the 16th Attack Squadron, 17th Attack Squadron, 18th Attack Squadron, 208th Tactical Helicopter Squadron, 221st Airlift Squadron, 222nd Airlift Squadron, 223rd Airlift Squadron, 251st Presidential Airlift Squadron, 252nd Presidential Helicopter Squadron, 5051st Search and Rescue Squadron, 5052nd Search and Rescue Squadron and 5053rd Search and Rescue Squadron. This year’s Menzi Award was won by the 252nd Presidential Helicopter Squadron. Individual awards will be awarded on Wednesday during the 61st PAF anniversary ceremony, Zamudio revealed. |
saver111 - November 10, 2008 02:34 PM (GMT)
For those in the NCR who wanted to join the Air Force Reserves, I just learned that a 30 Saturdays UADT class will start this 13th December 2008.
If you're interested, report to the 11RRAG 1RRAW Headquarters at the 1st ARCEN Bldg., Col Jesus Villamor Air Base.
Bring photo copies of the following compiled in a folder:
1. Transcript of Records
2. ROTC Diploma
3. Orders and Serial No.
4. Clearances
a. Barangay
b. Police
c. Mayor's Office
d. Regional Trial Court
e. NBI
Others
5. 2 x 2 Pictures
And always, don't forget to bring ballpens (Black) in filling up your application form and SOI.
Last day of application for this Class will be on 28 Nov 2008
If you're interested, report to the 11RRAG 1RRAW Headquarters at the 1st ARCEN Bldg., Col Jesus Villamor Air Base.
Bring photo copies of the following compiled in a folder:
1. Transcript of Records
2. ROTC Diploma
3. Orders and Serial No.
4. Clearances
a. Barangay
b. Police
c. Mayor's Office
d. Regional Trial Court
e. NBI
Others
5. 2 x 2 Pictures
And always, don't forget to bring ballpens (Black) in filling up your application form and SOI.
Last day of application for this Class will be on 28 Nov 2008
saver111 - December 10, 2008 07:52 AM (GMT)
The start of the PAF Reserve UADT Class sched for 13 Dec 2008 has been moved to 17 January 2009.
Interested applicants will still be accepted.
Interested applicants will still be accepted.
saver111 - February 26, 2009 12:50 PM (GMT)
NEW AFRC COMMANDER. BGen Alejandro T Camagay (left) accepts the command colors signifying his assumption as the new Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, during a turn over ceremony presided by Lt Gen Oscar H Rabena (right), PAF Commanding General last Monday, 23 February 2009 at Clark Air Base, Pampanga. At center is BGen Lino Horacio Lapinid, outgoing AFRC commander, who was recently named commander of the 1st Air Division. (Photo by SSgt Bruna)
saver111 - July 29, 2009 06:59 AM (GMT)
For those interested to join the PAF Ready Reserves at the NCR, the start of the UADT Class for 2009 will commence this coming 09 August 2009.
For details, please see above posts.
For details, please see above posts.
saver111 - August 10, 2009 06:19 AM (GMT)
Preparing for the Typhoon Season
Villamor Air Base, Pasay City - Sets of equipment and computers for Disaster Relief and Rescue Units (DRRU) from Air Force Chief Lt Gen Oscar H Rabena AFP (right photo) were recently turned over to Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, Brig Gen Alejandro T Camagay (left) at AFRC Headquarters in Col Jesus Villamor Air Base. The equipment will be distributed to the different DRRUs located in strategic areas of the country and will be a big boost to relief and rescue operations. (Photo by Sgt Tombado)
http://www.paf.mil.ph/HQ/PIO/pio_index.html
Villamor Air Base, Pasay City - Sets of equipment and computers for Disaster Relief and Rescue Units (DRRU) from Air Force Chief Lt Gen Oscar H Rabena AFP (right photo) were recently turned over to Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, Brig Gen Alejandro T Camagay (left) at AFRC Headquarters in Col Jesus Villamor Air Base. The equipment will be distributed to the different DRRUs located in strategic areas of the country and will be a big boost to relief and rescue operations. (Photo by Sgt Tombado)
http://www.paf.mil.ph/HQ/PIO/pio_index.html
saver111 - August 28, 2009 09:03 AM (GMT)
Villamor Air Base, Pasay City - BGen Alejandro T Camagay Jr, Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) speaks before retired and active PAF personnel and dependents during the opening day of the "Oplan Katarata", a two (2) - day activity held at the PAF General Hospital. The event, conducted by AFRC in cooperation with the National Council for Sight Prevention of the Department of Health and the Philippine Air Force General Hospital, offered free check-up, free prescription eyeglasses and free eye operation to pre-screened patients. (Photo by Sgt Tombado)
saver111 - November 19, 2009 12:27 PM (GMT)
1st RRATSW Celebrate 40th Anniversary
Written by PIO
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 03:15
Villamor Air Base, Pasay City -Air Force Chief Lt Gen Oscar H Rabena AFP (center) was Guest of Honor during the 40th anniversary of 1st RRATSW, the Reservist Flying Unit . He receives a token presented by Col Ernesto S Levanza PAFR (JSAC), the Wng Commander of 1st RRATSW. At right (seated) is BGen Alejandro T Camagay Jr AFP, Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command. The event was held at the Villamor Golf Club this morning. (Photo by AM Sivilla)
The 1st Ready Reserve Airlift and Tactical Support Wing (1st RRATSW), the flying unit of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) under Brig Gen Alejandro T Camagay, celebrated its 40th anniversary this morning at the Villamor Golf Club. Air Force Chief Lt Gen Oscar H Rabena AFP was Guest of Honor and Speaker. The formal program was highlighted by the presentation of awards to outstanding members of the Wing.
The Guest of Honor, assisted by AFRC Commander, Brig Gen Alejando T Camagay Jr. AFP, presented awards to outstanding members of the Wing. Likewise, affiliated reserve units were duly recognized for their active participation in the massive relief and rescue operations for victims of “Ondoy” and “Pepeng”.
In his speech, Lt Gen Rabena congratulated the Wing for its accomplishments and lauded the fact that “…reservists today, are active in humanitarian work that allow”. the regular forces to focus on tactical and combat operations”. He particularly pointed out that the 1st RRATSW recorded “commendable accomplishments in almost every facet of reservist missions”.
Celebrating their 40th year, the reservists are gradually getting involved in more tactical operations as part of their continuous training and integration into the core of military operations.
http://www.paf.mil.ph/news/press-releases/...nniversary.html
Written by PIO
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 03:15
Villamor Air Base, Pasay City -Air Force Chief Lt Gen Oscar H Rabena AFP (center) was Guest of Honor during the 40th anniversary of 1st RRATSW, the Reservist Flying Unit . He receives a token presented by Col Ernesto S Levanza PAFR (JSAC), the Wng Commander of 1st RRATSW. At right (seated) is BGen Alejandro T Camagay Jr AFP, Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command. The event was held at the Villamor Golf Club this morning. (Photo by AM Sivilla)
The 1st Ready Reserve Airlift and Tactical Support Wing (1st RRATSW), the flying unit of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) under Brig Gen Alejandro T Camagay, celebrated its 40th anniversary this morning at the Villamor Golf Club. Air Force Chief Lt Gen Oscar H Rabena AFP was Guest of Honor and Speaker. The formal program was highlighted by the presentation of awards to outstanding members of the Wing.
The Guest of Honor, assisted by AFRC Commander, Brig Gen Alejando T Camagay Jr. AFP, presented awards to outstanding members of the Wing. Likewise, affiliated reserve units were duly recognized for their active participation in the massive relief and rescue operations for victims of “Ondoy” and “Pepeng”.
In his speech, Lt Gen Rabena congratulated the Wing for its accomplishments and lauded the fact that “…reservists today, are active in humanitarian work that allow”. the regular forces to focus on tactical and combat operations”. He particularly pointed out that the 1st RRATSW recorded “commendable accomplishments in almost every facet of reservist missions”.
Celebrating their 40th year, the reservists are gradually getting involved in more tactical operations as part of their continuous training and integration into the core of military operations.
http://www.paf.mil.ph/news/press-releases/...nniversary.html