Major General Jose Maria Cuerpo II replaces retiring Lieutenant General Greg Almerol in Davao City
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NEW EASTMINCOM CHIEF. Major General Jose Maria Cuerpo II, commander of the Army's 4th Infantry Division, carries a machine gun seized from rebels by soldiers in Bukidnon on May 8, 2024. Cuerpo has assumed his post as head of the military's Eastern Mindanao Command based in Davao City.assumed his post as the chief of the Armed Forces Eastern Mindanao Command in Davao City on Friday afternoon, May 31.
Major General Jose Maria Cuerpo II, commander of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division based in Cagayan de Oro, replaced Eastmincom commander Lieutenant General Greg Almerol, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 56.The change of command ceremony was held at the Naval Station Felix Apolinario in Camp Panacan, Davao City.
Almerol, who hails from Cagayan de Oro City, served as the AFP’s Eastmincom commander since March 8, 2021, after the passage ofCuerpo, a member of the Philippine Military Academy’s “Bigkis-Lahi” Class of 1990 and a native of Iligan City, is a veteran in the fight against theHe has been leading the 4th ID in scoring several victories that significantly weakened the New People’s Army in the Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions.
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