H E A D Q U A R T E R S703RD INFANTRY (AGILA) BRIGADE, 7TH INF DIV, PA

Brgy Calaanan, Bongabon, Nueva Ecija

MISSION

703rd Infantry (AGILA) Brigade, 7th Infantry (KAUGNAY) Division, PA

conducts support operations to neutralize the remnants of Platun TSM, Platun NE-NV-

EP and S/RGU not later than 2015 in order to preserve an environment inhospitable to

armed threat that will compel them to abandon their armed struggle.

BRIGADE CREEDWe profess to Strengthen the honor and pride in the military service.

Uphold professionalism and commit to excellence.

UNIT HISTORY

THE 703RD INF (AGILA) BDE

STARTED FROM THE FORMER ADVANCE

COMMAND POST (ACP) OF THE 3rd INF

BDE (SEP) PA ORGANIZED IN MARCH

1987 UNDER LTC LOTHARIO A GRAJEDA

INF (GSC) PA STATIONED AT CAMP TINIO,

CABANATUAN CITY, NUEVA ECIJA . IT

HAD NUEVA ECIJA AND AURORA

PROVINCE AS ITS AOR WITH 56IB, 71IB,

“A” BATTERY, 3FAB AND 3LAS “A” COY,

3LAB AS UNITS UNDER ITS

OPERATIONAL CONTROL (OPCON).

BGEN VILLANUEVA, OP AFP

09 JAN 89 - 16 APR 90

ON 09 JAN 1989, COL OSWALDO P

VILLANUEVA INF (GSC) PA AS 2ND BRIGADE

COMMANDER AND TOOK OVER THE COMMAND AND

ADDED TO ITS AOR WERE ALFONSO, CASTANEDA IN

NUEVA VISCAYA, DINAPIGUE IN ISABELA AND

EASTERN PANGASINAN. ALSO ADDED TO ITS OPCON

UNITS WERE 70IB AND MTT, 3SFC, 3SFBN BY 01 JUNE

1989. THE UNIT BECAME A REGULAR INFANTRY

BRIGADE OF THE 7TH INF (KAUGNAY) DIV, PA. THE

BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO BRGY SAN

ISIDRO, SAN LUIS, AURORA PROVINCE ON 14 AUGUST

1989.

ON 08 OCT 1988, THE 703RD INF BDE

(PROV’L) WAS ACTIVATED PURSUANT TO GO # 464 HPA

DATED 11 OCT 1988 AND COL EDUARDO Y PANGAN INF

(GSC) PA WAS DISAGNATED THE 1ST COMMANDER.

THE ACP WAS RENAMED

TACTICAL COMMAND GROUP (TCG) EAST

AND COL EDUARDO Y PANGAN INF (GSC)

PA WAS DISAGNATED COMMANDER. IT

HAD THE SAME AOR AND OPCON UNITS.

WHEN THE 3rd INFANTRY

BRIGADE WAS UPGRADED AND

BECOME THE 7th INF (KAUGNAY) DIV,

PA IN THE LATER PART OF 1987.

ON 16 APR 1990, COL JOSE C LAPUS

INF (GSC) PA BECAME THE 3RD BRIGADE

COMMANDER. HE MOVED THE HEADQUARTERS

TO BRGY IMELDA VALLEY, PALAYAN CITY, NE

FROM BRGY SAN ISIDRO, SAN LUIS, AURORA IN

APRIL 1991. BY 07 NOV 1991, THE

HEADQUARTERS WAS RELOCATED TO

NAMULANDAYAN, LUPAO, NE AND THE AOR WAS

EXPANDED TO COVER THE WHOLE OF NUEVA

VIZCAYA.

COL JOSE E ESCARCHA INF (GSC) PA THE

4TH BRIGADE COMMANDER AND TOOK OVER THE

COMMAND ON 04 OCT 1993. BY JANUARY 1994, THE

BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS WAS RELOCATED AT BRGY

CAMP TINIO, CABANATUAN CITY, NE. BULACAN WAS

ADDED TO ITS AOR IN MAY 1994 AND BATAAN BY

AUGUST 1994 ADDITIONAL UNITS, 19SFC AND 3RAC

WERE PLACED OPCON TO THE BRIGADE. IN

SEPTEMBER 1995, THE BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS

WAS MOVED TO CAMACHO, BALANGA, BATAAN AND

70IB WAS RELIEVED BY 24IB.

IN JAN 1996, COL ESCARCHA WAS PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL.

BY FEBRUARY 1996, 71IB WAS RELIEVED BUT THE BRIGADE REACQUIRED 70IB.

DURING THE PERIOD, 71IB AND 34LAC WERE TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TO THE

BRIGADE WHEN IT PROVIDED SECURITY TO THE APEC LEADERS SUMMIT IN SBMA.

BGEN ESCARCHA HAS PRODUCED IN HIS TERM THE AFP BEST CMO OFFICER IN

THE PERSON OF CPT MICHAEL MARLON SAN PEDRO DS (PA).

BY 16 DECEMBER 1996, COL ALBERTO

FERNANDO F BRAGANZA INF (GSC) PA, THE 5TH

BRIGADE COMMANDER AND TOOK OVER THE

BRIGADE. HE MOVED THE BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS

TO BRGY MALABOBO, MANGATAREM, PANGASINAN

ON 19 MAY 1997.

BY JUNE 1997, THE BRIGADE ACQUIRED

69IB ALONG WITH 3LAC AND ADDITIONAL AOR

COVERING MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND AURA. IN AUG

1997, 70IB WAS REMOVED FROM ITS OPCON UNITS.

SUBSEQUENTLY, AURORA, NUEVA ECIJA, EASTERN

PANGASINAN NUEVA VIZCAYA, DINAPIGUE IN ISABELA

AND BULACAN, (EXCEPT THE TOWN OF HAGONOY)

WERE ALSO REMOVED FROM ITS AOR

BGEN LAPUS, JC AFP

16 APR 90 - 04 OCT 93

BGEN ESCARCHA, JE AFP

04 OCT – 16 DEC 96

COL BRAGANZA, AFF

16 Dec 96 - 04 Feb 98

COL BALAOING, CP

04 Feb 98 - 16 Jul 99

ON 04 FEB 1998, COL CRISTOLITO P

BALAOING INF (GSC) PA THE 6TH BRIGADE

COMMANDER AND TOOK OVER THE HELM OF THE

BRIGADE. BY JUNE 1998, THE BRIGADE ACQUIRED

THE PROVINCES OF ILOCOS SUR, ILOCOS NORTE

AND LA UNION AS ITS AOR WHILE MOUNTAIN

PROVINCE WAS TAKEN BY 5ID. BY SEPT 1998, THE

BRIGADE ACQUIRED TARLAC AND PAMPANGA AS ITS

AOR AND THE 3RD SFBN AS OPCON UNIT.

WHEN COL BALAOING WAS DESIGNATED TO

TAKE OVER THE AFP MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

MANAGEMENT OFFICE, GHQ, AFP IN 16 JULY 1999. HIS

DEPUTY, COL DOUGLAS R SAMERA INF (GSC) PA WAS

INSTALLED AS THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE. DURING THE 7TH

INF DIV ANNIVERSARY LAST 30 AUG 1999, THE THREE (3)

OPCON BATTALIONS OF THE BRIGADE WERE ADJUDGED

AS FOLLOWS: 24IB - BEST BATTALION, 69IB - 2ND BEST

BATTALION AND 68IB - 4TH BEST BATTALION. IN THE

SAME ANNIVERSARY, THE BRIGADE GARNERED. THE

BEST OFFICER, BEST ENLISTED PERSONNEL AND BESTCAFGU OF THE YEAR.

COL SAMERA, DR

OIC, 16 Jul 99 - 09 Aug 99

DURING THE SAME YEAR, THE BRIGADE WAS AWARDED THE COMMAND

PLAQUE FROM CG, PA IN RECOGNITION OF ITS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN

COMBAT OPERATIONS FOR 1997 AND THE FIRST SEMESTER OF 1998. IN FEB 1999,

THE BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO BRGY BURGOS, SAN JOSE, TARLAC. BY

MAR 1999, ABRA, ILOCOS SUR, ILOCOS NORTE AND LA UNION WERE ABSORBED BY

5ID BUT THE BRIGADE ACQUIRED THE WHOLE OF ZAMBALES ALSO THE 3SFBN WAS

TAKEN FROM THE BRIGADE.

BY 09 AUG 1999, ORDERS WAS ISSUED

FOR COL JOHN D BOLHAYON INF (GSC) PA, THE 7TH

BRIGADE COMMANDER.THE BRIGADE CARRIED 24IB,

68IB, 69IB, 33LAC AND 24SFC AS ITS OPCON UNITS.

AOR INCLUDE THE PROVINCES OF PANGASINAN,

TARLAC, PAMPANGA, BATAAN, ZAMBALES AND THE

MUNICIPALITY OF HAGONOY IN BULACAN UNTIL 2000.

IT WAS DURING HIS TERM WHEN THE UNIT WAS

ADJUDGED AS THE BEST OF THE BEST BRIGADE OF

THE PHILIPPINE ARMY CY 2000. AT THE HEIGHT OF

MINDANAO CONFLICT IN THE YEAR 2000. THE

BRIGADE WAS MOVED TO AGUSAN DEL SUR WITH

CARAGA REGION AS AOR REPLACING 401ST BDE OF

THE 4TH INF DIV.

BGEN BOLHAYON, JD AFP

09 Aug 99 - 24 Jun 02

AFTER ALMOST EIGHT (8) MONTHS OF STINT IN MINDANAO, THE

BRIGADE WAS AGAIN TRANSFERRED BACK IN LUZON AND ASSUMED ITS AOR, THE

FIVE (5) PROVINCES OF CENTRAL LUZON NAMELY TARLAC, PAMPANGA, BATAAN,

ZAMBALES AND PANGASINAN.

BY 24 JUNE 2002, COL SILVERIO R ILAGAN

INF (GSC) PA, THE 8TH BRIGADE COMMANDER AND

TOOK OVER THE MANTLE OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM

BGEN BOLHAYON UP TO 29 JAN 2004. A SIX (6) YEAR

BRIGADE CAMPAIGN PLAN WAS ISSUED TO TRACK

THE MUCH DESIRED PEACE AND PROPELS THE

DEVELOPMENT IN THE AOR. BY SEPT OF 2002, THE

PROVINCE OF BULACAN WAS PLACED UNDER THE

SUPERVISION OF THE BRIGADE, IN THE SAME TOKEN,

56IB WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PLACED OPCON TO THE

BRIGADE WHILE PANGASINAN WAS TURNED OVER TO

THE JURISDICTION OF THE 702ND BDE. LIKEWISE,

THE BRIGADE DISPLACED FROM ITS FORMER

LOCATION AND ESTABLISHED THE NEW BRIGADE HQS

TO SAME MUNICIPALITY AT BRGY BURGOS, SAN JOSE,

TARLAC.

BGEN ILAGAN, SR AFP

24 Jun 02 - 16 Jan 04

ADDED TO ITS CAP THAT YIELDED HONOR AND RECOGNITION BECAUSE

OF THE RELENTLESS EFFORT OF THE UNIT IN ISO. THE BRIGADE EMERGED AS THE

BEST BRIGADE AMONG THE THREE (3) BRIGADE OF THE 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION

FOR 2ND SEMESTER 2001 FOR THE BEST-BEST COMPETITION. ON APR 2003, COL

ILAGAN WAS PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL. LIKEWISE, THE BRIGADE WAS

ALSO ADJUDGED AS THE BEST BRIGADE IN OPERATIONS DURING THE 15TH

FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF THE 7TH INF DIV LAST AUG 2003.

ON 16 JAN 2004, COL PEDRO M CURVA INF

(JSC) PA, THE 9TH BRIGADE COMMANDER AND TOOK

OVER THE MANTLE OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM BGEN

ILAGAN BUT FORMALLY ASSUMED ON 29 JAN 2004. A

CHANGE IN AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY WAS

EFFECTED. BULACAN WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE

OPERATIONAL JURISDICTION OF 702ND INF BDE

EFFECTIVE 01 FEBRUARY 2004. THE BRIGADE LOOSE

56TH INF BN AND GAINED CENTRAL AND WESTERN

PANGASINAN AS ITS NEW AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.

ON APR 2004, HONOR WAS ADDED TO THE BRIGADE

WHEN IT WAS ADJUDGED AS THE BEST MANEUVER

BRIGADE, AREA COMMAND WIDE OF THE NORTHERN

LUZON COMMAND DURING ITS ANNIVERSARY

CELEBRATION…

BGEN CURVA, PM AFP

16 Jan 04 - 07 Mar 05

ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT ACCOLADES AND HONORS AWARDED BY

NORTHERN LUZON COMMAND, WERE TWO (2) COMMAND PLAQUES IN

RECOGNITION OF THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE BRIGADE AND ITS

OPCON UNITS IN THE RESCUE AND RELIEF OPERATIONS DURING THE ONSLAUGHT

OF TYPHOON “MERCE” FROM 26 TO 30 AUGUST 2004, AND THE RE-INTERMENT OF

REVOLUTIONARY HEROINE NICOLASA P DAYRIT IN SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA ON

10 SEPT 2004. ON 20 OCT 2004, COL CURVA WAS PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER

GENERAL. ON 07 MARCH 2005, COL SAMUEL

DOMINGO NARCISE CAV (GSC) PA, A SEASONED

OFFICER, WAS DESIGNATED AS THE 10TH BRIGADE

COMMANDER OF THIS DISTINGUISHED BRIGADE

WITH HIS ABLE LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISION. THE

BRIGADE HAS CARRIED ITS JOB WITH MUCH

ENTHUSIASM AND ZEAL. FROM THE DAY HE TOOK

OVER THE MANTLE OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM

BRIGADIER GENERAL CURVA, THE BRIGADE

CAPTURED FIVE (5) TOP RANKING LEADERS OF THE

CENTRAL LUZON REGIONAL COMMITTEE AND

TARLAC PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE OF THE

COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

ON 02 NOV 2005, THE BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS WAS MOVED FROM ITS

FORMER LOCATION AT BRGY BURGOS, SAN JOSE, TARLAC TO BRGY SAN JUAN

BANO, ARAYAT, PAMPANGA TO ADDRESS THE INSURGENCY PROBLEM IN

SOUTHEASTERN PAMPANGA AND EASTERN BULACAN AS THE PRIORITY GUERILLA

FRONT. IN THIS REGARD, THE BRIGADE GAINED 56IB AND BULACAN WAS ADDED TO

ITS AOR. HOWEVER, IT LOST CONTROL OVER TARLAC, CENTRAL AND WESTERN

PANGASINAN PROVINCES WHICH WERE TURNED OVER TO 702 BDE. IN HIS STINT,

TWO (2) TASK FORCES WERE CREATED, NAMELY THE “TASK FORCE MALOLOS AND

TASK FORCE ANGELES”

ON 08 APRIL 2006, COL NARCISE WAS PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL.

BGEN NARCISE, SL AFP

07 Mar 05 - 01 Aug 06

ON 01 AUGUST 2006, COL ROMMEL A

GOMEZ INF (JSC) PA WAS DESIGNATED AS THE 11TH

BRIGADE COMMANDER OF THIS FAMOUS BRIGADE,

SUCCEEDED BGEN NARCISE AS THE COMMANDING

OFFICER OF THIS BRIGADE. COL GOMEZ CONTINUED

THE TASK OF THE “KNB” (KAWAY, NGITI, BATI)

CONCEPT. UNDER HIS ABLE LEADERSHIP, HE

DESIGNED AND CONCEPTUALIZED TO PROPERLY

ADDRESS THE INSURGENCY PROBLEM IN THE

BRIGADE AREA OF OPERATIONS, THE OPERATIONS

MOUNTAINS OPERATIONS CENTRAL, OPERATIONS

WEST, OPERATIONS WATER WORLD AND

OPERATIONS WHITE AREA, EFFECTIVELY DETERMINED

THEBGEN GOMEZ, AG AFP

01 Aug 06 - 22 Apr 08 THE CAPABILTY OF THE UNIT TO DECIMATE THE ENEMY

ON 16 SEP 2006, 3RD INFANTRY BATTALION WAS INTEGRATED INTO THE

BRIGADE ADDRESSING THE INSURGENCY PROBLEM IN THE COASTAL AREAS OF

PAMPANGA AND BULACAN. TASK FORCE MALOLOS WILL FURTHER DEACTIVATE TO

GIVE WAY TO 3IB ONCE THE PERSONNEL FILL-UP OF THE LATTER COULD BE MET.

BY INTRODUCED TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNIST TERRORIST AND DOING THESE. HE

WAS ABLE TO STRENGTHEN THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PERSONNEL FROM THE

BRIGADE LEVEL DOWN THE LINE AS WELL AS THE PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL

GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGU’S) AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

THE BRIGADE WAS ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY SUSTAINED ISO AGAINST THE

CPP/NPA AS EARLY AS CY 2005 WHICH LED TO THE DISMANTLING OF KLG F1 AND

KLG F2 OF BULACAN PCOM. THE EFFORTS OF THE BRIGADE AND DIVISION

AUGMENTS IN BULACAN GAINED SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY WITH THE CLEARING OF

THEIR FORMER STRONGHOLD AREAS IN THE TARGET BARANGAYS THROUGH THE

CONDUCT OF SOT OPERATIONS RESULTING TO MASSIVE SURRENDER OF CT

REGULARS AND SUPPORTERS LEADING TO DENIAL OF THEIR INTELLIGENCE

NETWORK AND SUPPORT SYSTEM IN THESE AREAS. THIS WAS FURTHER

AGGRAVATED BY THE NEUTRALIZATION OF THEIR KEY LEADERS THROUGH

INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS. RELATIVE TO THIS, THE EFFECT OF AGGRESSIVE ISO

IN BULACAN CREATED A DEMORALIZING EFFECT IN THE NON-PRIORITY AREAS

WHICH TRIGGERED TO THE REPORTED RESTRUCTURING OF THEIR ORGANIZATION

IN CENTRAL LUZON AND SHIFT THEIR ARMED COMPONENTS IN THE HINTERLANDS

PARTICULARLY IN BRGY UMIRAY, AURORA AND IN THE TRI-BOUNDARIES OF BATAAN-

PAMPANGA-ZAMBALES AREA.

ON 22 DEC 2007 COL ROMMEL A GOMEZ WAS PROMOTED AS BRIGADIER

GENERAL.ON 22 APR 2008, COL JOSE Z MABANTA JR

INF (GSC) PA ASSUMED THE LEADERSHIP AS THE 12TH

BRIGADE COMMANDER OF PROUD 703RD INF (AGILA)

BRIGADE. HE CONTINUED THE LEGACY TO ADD MORE

COLOR TO THE HISTORY WITH A TRUE TRADITION OF

EXELENCE THE FIGHTING UNIT OF THE 7TH INF DIV,

PHIL ARMY. ONE TEAM…. ONE ARMY.

BGEN MABANTA JR, JZ AFP

22 Apr 08 - 01 Jul 10

ON 01 JULY 2008 THE 3RD MECHANIZED

INF BN, LABDE, PA WAS PLACED OPCON TO THE

BRIGADE AND THE WHOLE PROVINCE OF TARLAC,

CENTRAL AND WESTERN PANGASINAN ARE THE AREA

OF RESPONSIBILITY. WHILE THE 56IB WAS RELEASED

TO 702ND INF BDE AND EASTERN BULACAN AO

WAS TRANSFERRED TO 702ND INF BDE.

ON 26 AUG 2008, THE 7TH CMO BN, 7TH INF DIV, PA WAS PLACED OPCON

TO THE BRIGADE AND PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR MISSION IS TO

CONDUCT SOT OPN IN WHITE AREA OF BULACAN, PAMPANGA AND TARLAC

PROVINCES.

DURING THE PERIOD OF

BGEN MABANTA, TWO (2) TOP

RANKING CNN OFFICIAL ARRESTED

ONE (1) OF THE TOPMOST RANKING

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER OF

CENTRAL LUZON REGIONAL

COMMITTEE (CLRC) OF THE

COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE

PHILIPPINES- NEW PEOPLE’S ARMY

(CPP-NPA) AND ONE (1) SECRETARY

OF SPP PAMPANGA AND CLRC

EXECOM MEMBER. ALSO FIFTY ONE

(51) FORMER REBELS OF CPP-NPA ARE

BACK TO THE FOLD OF THE LAW.

UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP. THE FORMER REBELS THEY ARE RECEIVED

IMMEDIATE FUND ASSISTANCE FOR AMNESTY PROGRAMS. LIVELIHOOD PROJECT

AND BALIK-BARIL PROGRAM UNDER THER SUPPERVISION OF SOCIAL INTGRATION

PROGRAM (SIP) BY OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON THE PEACE

PROCESS (OPAPP). BY THESE EFFORT HANDING-OVER THE LEAD ROLE OF PEACE

AND ORDER IN THE PROVINCES OF PAMPANGA AND BULACAN TO THE LOCAL

GOVERNMENT UNITS AFTER BEING DECLARED AS INSURGENCY FREE AFTER THE

SUCCESSFUL INSURGENCY CAMPAIGN IN THE SAID PROVINCES BY 1ST QUARTER

OF 2010.

ON 16 OCT 2008, THE 24TH (WILDCAT) INF BN AND 3RD MECHANIZED INF

BN, LABDE, PA ARE BOTH RELIEVED TO THE BRIGADE AND PLACED OPCON TO 701ST

INF BDE, 7TH INF DIV, PA.

THE BRIGADE HAS KEPT THE ENEMY ON THE RUN AND CAUSED

IMBALANCE IN THEIR SAFE HAVENS THROUGH AGGRESSIVE AND RELENTLESS

COMBAT OPERATIONS PARTICULARLY IN THE TRI-BOUNDARIES OF NUEVA ECIJA-

BULACAN-PAMPANGA AND TARLAC. THIS MANIFESTS THE IMPORTANCE OF

COMPLEMENTARY COMBAT OPERATIONS WITH SOT OPERATIONS.

ON 01 JULY 2010, BGEN JOSE Z MABANTA JR WAS RELIEVED AS THE

BRIGADE COMMANDER AND REPORTED TO HIS NEW ASSIGNMENT AT CIVIL

RELATION SERVICES (CRS), AFP AT GHQ, HEADQUARTES AFP AND WAS

DESIGNATED AS THE GROUP COMMANDER AND AFP SPOKE PERSON. DURING HIS

STINT AS THE BRIGADE COMMANDER HE ENDOWED WITH PROFESSIONAL

COMPETENCE AND STERLING LEADERSHIP, LED THIS UNIT IN ATTAINING THE AFP’S

OBJECTIVES THROUGH HIS INNOVATIVE PLANNING AND STRICT IMPLEMENTATION

OF PLANS AND PROGRAMS. IN LINE WITH THE 7ID ISO PLAN 01-10 “TRIAD” (INTEL-

OPNS-CMO) CONCEPT IS ADOPTED, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY TOOL IN PURSUING

THE 7ID’S ISO EFFORTS. BGEN MABANTA EMPHASIZED AND APPLIED THE

DIFFERENT APPROACHES IN INTERNAL SECURITY OPERATIONS. HAND-OVER

CONCEPT WHICH IS BASICALLY ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGY OF HOLISTIC

APPROACH AS CALLED FOR THE NATIONAL INTERNAL SECURITY PLAN (NISP)

MODIFICATION AND ADJUSTMENT TO SUCH APPROACH WAS CONSIDERED

BEST INFANTRY BRIGADE CY 2010 STREAMER

IN ORDER TO SUIT WITH THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. HE ALSO

ADOPT THE BAYANIHAN CONCEPT, CRAFTED REENGINEERED AND REINVIGORATED

SOT FOR RED AND WHITE AREAS WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED BY OPCON UNITS IN

THE CONDUCT OF CLEARING OPERATIONS.

COL ERNESTO P BENITEZ JR INF (GSC) PA,

DEPUTY COMMANDER FROM 16 NOV 2006 TO 30 JUN

2010 AND ACTED AS OFFICER-IN-CHARGE IN THE

ABSENCE OF BGEN MABANTA JR FROM 01 JUL 2010 -

23 AUG 2010. HE WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN THE HIGHEST

FORM OF STANDARD IN THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION,

HE DIRECTED AND SUPERVISED THE BRIGADE STAFFS

IN CARRYING OUT THEIR ASSIGNED TASKS AND

FUNCTIONS WHICH YIELDED TO A SUCCESSFUL

RESULT. ENSURES THAT THE BRIGADE ACTIVITIES ARE

WELL PLANNED AND IRONED OUT PRIOR TO ITS

IMPLEMENTATION. GENERALLY. DURING HIS STAY AS

OIC OF THE BRIGADE, THE UNIT RECEIVED THE BEST

INFANTRY BRIGADE CY 2010 STREAMER DURING THE

CELEBRATION OF THE 22TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY

OF THE 7TH INF DIV , PA LAST 11 AUGUST 2010.

COL BENITEZ JR, EP

OIC, 01 JUL 10 - 23 AUG 10

ON 23 AUGUST 2010, COL GREGORIO PIO P

CATAPANG JR INF (GSC) PA WAS INSTALLED AS THE

13TH BRIGADE COMMANDER OF 703RD INFANTRY

(AGILA) BRIGADE, 7TH ID, PA. HE ACCEPTED THE

RESPONSIBILITY AND CHALLENGES AS THE NEW

BRIGADE COMMANDER RELIEVING COL ERNESTO P

BENITEZ JR INF (GSC) PA AS THE OIC.

BGEN CATAPANG JR, GP AFP

23 AUG 10 - 03 OCT 2012

HIS SENSE OF LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO DUTY WAS ONCE

AGAIN TESTED WHEN THE BRIGADE ASSUME A NEW AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

COVERING WHOLE PROVINCES OF PAMPANGA, BATAAN, ZAMBALES, TARLAC,

PANGASINAN , LA UNION, ILOCOS SUR AND ILOCOS NORTE. THE BRIGADE’S EFFORT

CENTERED ON THE IMPLEMENTENG THE AFP’S NEW CAMPAIGN PLAN CALLED THE

INTERNAL PEACE AND SECURITY PLAN “BAYANIHAN” WHICH AIMS TO HARNESS THE

DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO ACHIEVE INTERNAL PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT.

BGEN CATAPANG ALSO LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN REFRAINING SOLDIERS

TO COMMIT ABUSES TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF IPSP “BAYANIHAN” EMPHASIZING

“BAWAL ANG A-B-U-S-A-D-O NA SUNDALO” WHICH STANDS FOR ALAK, BABAE,

UTANG, SUGAL, AROGANTE, DROGA, AND OTHERS.

ON 03 OCT 12, COL HENRY G SABARRE INF

(GSC) PA, DESIGNATED 14TH BRIGADE COMMANDER

OF 703RD INFANTRY (AGILA) BRIGADE, 7TH ID, PA

FROM BGEN GREGORIO PIO P CATAPANG JR AFP

DURING THE JOINT TURN-OVER OF COMMAND

WHICH WE HELD AT HQS 7ID, PA, FT RAMON

MAGSAYSAY, PALAYAN CITY, NUEVA ECIJA. SAID

ACTIVITY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED OF TURN-OVER OF

COMMAND OF HQS 7ID, PA FROM MGEN ALAN R LUGA

AFP, OUTGOING DIVISION COMMANDER TO BGEN

GREGORIO PIO P CATAPANG JR AFP, THE NEWLY

COMMANDER, 7TH INFDIV, PA.

ON 17 JUNE 13, 56TH INF BN, 7ID, PA RELEIVED AS OPCON TO 703RD INF

BDE, 7ID, PA AND TRANSFERRED TO AURORA PROVINCE AND REPLACED THE 48TH

INF BN, 7ID, PA AT BRGY CALABUANAN, SAN LUIS, AURORA. THEN, 48TH IB NEWLY

OPCON TO 703 BDE AND BASE AT BRGY LICO, SAN RAFAEL, BULACAN.

BGEN SABARRE, HG AFP

03 OCT 2012 12 JUL 2014

ONCE AGAIN, THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF “703RD ARMY TEAM”

THRU THE LEADERSHIP OF COL HENRY G SABARRE REGARD AS BEING THE “BEST

INFANTRY BRIGADE” OF THE 7TH INFANTRY (KAUGNAY) DIVISION, PHILIPPINE ARMY

CY 2012 DURING THE CONDUCT OF HEADQUARTERS PHILIPPINE ARMY ANNUAL

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF FIELDS UNITS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2012 FROM 01

JANUARY 2012 TO 31 DECEMBER 2012 BY WHICH THE BRIGADE THEN COVERS THE

PROVINCES OF ILOCOS NORTE, ILOCOS SUR, LA UNION, PANGASINAN (EXCEPT

MUNICIPALITIES OF 6TH DISTRICT) OF REGION 1 AND THE PROVINCES OF TARLAC,

ZAMBALES, BATAAN AND PAMPANGA OF REGION 3 COMPOSED OF 13 CITIES, 165

MUNICIPALITIES, 4,501 BARANGAYS WITH AN AGGREGATE AREA OF 17, 646 SQUARE

KILOMETERS AND AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 8.2 MILLION.

AFTER ALMOST EIGHT (8) YEARS AND

NINE (9) MONTHS OF STAY AT BRGY SAN JUAN BAÑO,

ARAYAT, PAMPANGA THE BRIGADE WAS

TRANSFERRED AGAIN AT BRGY CALAANAN,

BONGABON, NUEVA ECIJA LAST 29 July 2014 AND

ASSUMED NEW AREA OF RESPONSIBILITIES IN

MUNICIPALITIES OF DINAPIGUE, ISABELA; UMIRAY,

QUEZON AND THE PROVINCES OF QUIRINO, NUEVA

VISCAYA, BULACAN AND NUEVA ECIJA.

FOR THE FAST ONE (1) YEAR AND NINE (9)

MONTHS, BGEN SABARRE RELINGQUEST THE

COMMAND OF PROUD AGILA BRIGADE TO COL

FELIMON T SANTOS JR INF (GSC) PA AS 15TH

BRIGADE COMMANDER DURING THE TURN-OVER OF

COMMAND LAST 12 JULY 2014 HELD AT BRIGADE

HQS, BRGY SAN JUAN BAÑO, ARAYAT, PAMPANGA.

COL SANTOS JR, FT

12 JUL 2014 TO DATE

AT PRESENT THE 703RD INFANTRY (AGILA) BRIGADE CONTINUE TO RENDER

SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS OF THE COUNTRY. THE

PERSONNEL OF 703RD INF BDE REMAINS UNITED TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF

THE REPUBLIC. LEADERS COME AND GO, LEAVING THEIR DISTINCT LEGACIES AND

TANGIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WILL ENSHRINE IN THE UNIT HISTORY. THE MEN

AND WOMEN OF THE BRIGADE SHALL CARRY ON THE COLORFUL HISTORY OF OUR

BELOVED BRIGADE. AND ON OUR ANNIVERSARY DAY 703rd @ 26 WE SHALL RENEW OUR

COMMITMENT TO OUR PEOPLE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THEIR “KAAGAPAY SA

KAPAYAPAAN AT KAUNLARAN TUNGO SA MATATAG NA REPUBLIKA…… MABUHAY ANG

703RD INFANTRY BRIGADE, MABUHAY ANG PHILIPPINE ARMY!