Outgoing Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Superintendent Lt. Gen. Ferdinand M. Cartujano rendered an exit call to Army Commanding General Lt .Gen. Romeo S. Brawner, Jr., at the Army’s main headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila on June 7, 2022.
Lt. Gen. Cartujano conveyed to the Army Chief the meaningful reforms he instituted at the PMA during his leadership. Lt. Gen. Brawner, for his part, thanked the outgoing PMA Superintendent for taking care of the cadets and for preparing them to be “field-ready” upon graduation. It can be noted that about half (104 of the 214 cadets) of PMA “Bagsik-Diwa” Class of 2022 are set to join the Army as second lieutenants.
Lt. Gen. Cartujano, who took the helm of the country’s premier military academy on November 2020, is a member of PMA “Maringal” Class of 1988. After PMA, he joined the Philippine Air Force and took the Undergraduate Pilot Training at the PAF Flying School and finished with “flying colors” earning his Pilot Wings in 1990.
His mettle as a pilot was tested when he was assigned with the 205th Tactical Helicopter Wing as an assault pilot, flying numerous aerial and tactical missions in support to combat operations against CPP-NPA Terrorists.
Photos: Pfc. Rodgen V. Quirante Philippine Army/ OACPA