Special Forces veterans bid farewell to FVR

Retired Major General Jose P. Magno and key pioneers of the Philippine Army’s Special Forces, Regiment (Airbone) recalled fond memories of the elite unit’s founding commander, the late president Fidel Valdez Ramos (FVR), in their eulogies at the Heritage Park, Taguig City on August 6, 2022.
 
"In my 52 years of public service, I was honored by our people to serve as Philippine President for six years. But I can truly tell you that the most exciting and dangerous assignment during all these years was my stint as the first commanding officer for the pioneer unit, the 1st Special Forces Company. That's the military achievement I'm most proud of since it is the nucleus of what is it now, Special Force Regiment Airborne," Maj. Gen. Magno recalled FVR’s memoir on his role in the birth of the 1st Special Forces Company on June 25, 1962. It can be noted that FVR served as the unit’s first commander. Over decades, the unit expanded from one company to a regiment with 20 companies that are mostly deployed in conflict areas in Mindanao.
 
"I will always be proud to be part of an elite unit with a remarkable history beginning with a stellar lineage of commanders. No other unit in the AFP can claim such honor of having a former commander becoming the 12th president of the Republic of the Philippines," Special Forces Alumni Association Incorporated (SFAAI) Chairman and former SFR(A) Commander, retired Lieutenant General Donato B. San Juan II said in his eulogy.
 
Current SFR(A) Commander Col. Ferdinand B. Napuli, likewise paid his last respects to the former commander-in-chief. According to him, FVR was supposed to attend the 60th founding anniversary of SFR(A) last June 25. "I would have been proud to shake his hands again. It would have been my honor to tell him that the Special Forces of today is now ready to orchestrate unconventional warfare operations to address external threats at our maritime borders," Col Napuli said.
 
Philippine flags at camps and military installations nationwide are being flown at half-staff in mourning of FVR’s passing. Soldiers are also wearing black armbands on their uniform’s left sleeve in accordance with the military tradition on the passing of a former commander-in-chief.
 
 
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