TURNOVER OF ARMS. Senior officers hand over M-16 rifles to the 85 newly-graduated Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit – Active Auxiliary Category 2 who graduated from their basic military training course on Wednesday, June 14 at the Task Force Davao headquarters in Sta. Ana Wharf, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Eighty five recruits graduated as Special Civilian Active Auxilliary (SCAA) and were issued firearms on Wednesday to replenish those who were enlisted into the regular forces of the Philippine Army.
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who was guest of honor of the graduation ceremony, thanked the 85 newly graduated SCAAs who chose to play the “difficult role.”
“Ang inyong role is magpa init, magpaulan, ushaay magutom, usahay walay kaon, usahay walay tulog because ang inyuhang gipili na pagserbisyo sa atoang gobyerno is to join the Task Force Davao,”
(Your role is to stay under the heat of the sun, get drenched in the rain, sometimes you go hungry, sometimes you go sleepless, because you chose to serve the government by joining the Task Force Davao), she said.
“Kamo ang kinahanglan mubuhat ug lisod na trabaho para ang atoang mga bata they can go to school peacefully, ang atoang mga nasa bangko they can work peacefully, ang atoang mga negosyante mulambo ang ilang negosyo. I am truly honored and proud to be invited and to speak before you during your graduation, kay gusto ko makabalo mo sa among appreciation sa kalisod sa inong trabaho aron kaming tanan nga inyong gibantayan, makatulog mi sa gabii ug sakto”
(You are the ones who will have to do the difficult jobs so that our children can go to school peacefully, so that the bankers can work peacefully, and so that our businessmen’s ventures can thrive. I am truly honored and proud to be invited and to speak before you during your graduation, because I want you all to know that we appreciate you for doing the difficult job, so that those of us whom you guard at night can sleep soundly), she added.
COURTESY. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio shakes the hand of a military official on Wednesday, June 14 during the graduation ceremony of the 85 Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit – Active Auxiliary Category 2 at the Task Force Davao headquarters in Sta. Ana Wharf, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
In his speech during the graduation ceremony, Task Force Davao Commander Col. Erwin Bernard Neri said the new SCAAs were equipped with basic military skills to “enhance and reinforce capability in the conduct of security operations on the urban areas of Davao City.”
Neri said the SCAAs will be assisting the TF Davao in its duty of maintaining peace within the metropolitan areas of Davao City.
During their training, the recruits underwent basic military training, law enforcement operation and procedures, lectures, and physical programs.
Neri said the SCAAs will be deployed to secure vital facilities, information collection, public information drives, community relations, and humanitarian activities.
Neri also revealed that 30 percent of the recruits received some college education, 10 percent had acquired college degrees, while another 10 percent finished vocational courses. The other half, meanwhile, were high school graduates but had the “required skills.”
The SCAAs will be receiving a monthly stipend between P7,400 to P9,000. (davaotoday.com)
