Camp Aguinaldo

Philippines / Southern Tagalog / Malanday /
 military, village, headquarters, barangay, fourth-level administrative division
Camp Aguinaldo is the national headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and is located in Quezon City. It is located close to the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP). The camp is named after Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Philippines.

Camp Aguinaldo was established on January 11, 1935 as Camp Murphy. It was named in honor of Frank Murphy, the last Governor General of the Philippines who subsequently became the first American High Commissioner after the first Philippine Commonwealth Government was established.

In June 1965, by virtue of Republic Act 4434, Camp Murphy was renamed Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in honor of the first Philippine President.

The camp has a total land area of 178 hectares. It requires a length of 23,104 meters of power lines and 15,030 meters of water lines to address the electrical and water system of the camp respectively.

Likewise, a total length of the camp main thoroughfare roads and road nets extends up to 19,307 meters. This roads provide access to a population of 5,421 personnel living inside Camp Aguinaldo.

Aside from the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, it also serves as the home to the Department of National Defense (DND), National Capital Regional Command (NCRCOM), National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), Armed Forces Reserve Command (AFPRESCOM), AFP Command and General Staff College (AFPCGSC), Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) and the Anti-Crime Task Force (ACTAF).

Likewise, other institutions such as the Armed Forces & Police Savings and Loan Association, Inc. (AFPSLAI), Armed Forces of the Philippines Retirement and Separation System (RSBS), Armed Forces & Police Mutual Benefit Association, Inc (AFPMBAI) and Armed Forces & Police General Insurance Corporation (AFPGEN) are also located in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

www.afp.mil.ph

*Also, Camp Aguinaldo is also known as Barangay Camp Aguinaldo

Barangay: Camp Aguinaldo
District: 3rd, Cubao
City: Quezon

During the time of its creation, this barangay was formerly known as Camp Murphy with only two hundred fifty households and a voting population of eight hundred persons, excluding transient individuals. Camp Murphy during that time was then associated with Barangay Socorro and was not officially called a barangay. However, on September 25, 1971, it was adopted as barangay and was called Barangay Camp Aguinaldo by then former Teniente del Barrio Formalejo through the accreditation of the Malacañang Palace.

www.qcpubliclibrary.org/qcmanuscript.php#history_barang...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Aguinaldo
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Coordinates:   14°36'25"N   121°3'46"E

Comments

  • by 2015 this site will be converted to a Business District by Ayala Land, Inc. and Evergreen Holdings Inc. (two of the country's most reputable names in real estate development) together with the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) the partnership will ensure the development and financial stability to sustain a successful business district..
  • The greatest failure of the PMA is in training and producing truly patriotic professional soldiers which I thought was what it was chartered to do. Instead, it came up with corrupt generals and institutions that empowers corrupt administrations. The AFP is supposed to be the bastion of the Philippine democracy - depender of the constitution and its democratic institutions. May be converting this place to a business district will serve the Filipino People a better purpose.
  • There are a lot of good guys here. Sure there are rotten apples, but that is not representative of everyone. As soldiers of war, they defend our democracy from insurgents. That's kinda obvious. As civic volunteers, they help the poorer people through medical-dental-pharmacy-vet--- missions. The engineers help build housing. Of course, there is always the possibility of the abuse of such powers, but overall I think they are doing a good job compared to the rest of the government. The military tries to be as apolitical as possible. PMA graduates are officers. The majority of the Armed Forces are Enlisted Personnel who are low waged worker grunts, from Privates to Sergeants. Back in the old days, some spent 2 years as 3rd class recruits before even becoming Privates. Many did not make it alive to be promoted to Private. I think the Camp will stay for a long time. Where will we relocate the GHQ if this becomes a business area?
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