From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 26): Outgoing PA chief to visit FSRR base in Bulacan Monday
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Outgoing Philippine Army(PA) commander Lt. Gen. Noel A. Coballes will be visiting the First Scout Rangers Regiment (FSRR) in Camp Tecson
This visit maybe considered as his most sentimental visit as he used to command the FSRR during the latter part of 2008 to 2011.
Coballes is scheduled to retire this coming Feb. 7 as he will be reaching by then the mandatory retirement age of 56.
Fulfilling his dream of becoming one of the elite warriors in the Army, he completed the Scout Ranger Course on Dec. 16, 1980.
Coballes then joined the FSRR and commanded the line companies under the 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion which saw action in various hotspots in Mindanao .
He also led four different Task Group Panthers (TGP), a command and control unit that supervises the operations of Scout Ranger companies.
The TGP that he led in Basilan in 1995, was credited for the neutralization of several Abu Sayyaf terrorists who were responsible for the kidnapping of civilians in the area.
As 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion commander, his team was employed to combat the armed threats in Maguindanao and North Cotabato from 1997 to 2000.
On his retirement date this coming Feb. 7, a testimonial review and parade will be tendered in his honor at the Hunters ROTC Guerilla Field/Headquarters Philippine Army Grandstand, Fort Bonifacio
This will coincide with the change-of-command ceremony which will be presided by President Benigno S. Aquino III.
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