15th Infantry Division (Philippines)

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15th Infantry Division (Ready Reserve)
15th Infantry Division (Ready Reserve) Unit Seal.jpg
Unit Seal of the 15th Infantry Division (Ready Reserve)
Active10 July 2006 – Present
Country Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Allegiance Flag of the Philippines.svg Republic of the Philippines
Branch Philippine Army
Type Laang Kawal Seal.jpg Army Reserve
Philippine Army Infantry BC.jpg Light Infantry Division
Roleperforms multiple military roles in Conventional and Unconventional Warfare, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR), and Civil-Military Operations (CMO)
Size5 Brigades, 15 Battalions. Total is 6,320 trained and operational citizen-soldiers
Part of Philippine Army Reserve Command (Since 2006)
Garrison/HQ NCRRCDG Cpd, Fort Andres Bonifacio, Metro Manila
Nickname(s)"Defender & Builder Division"
"Division Defensor y Constuctor"
Motto(s)"Defender & Builder"
"Defensor y Constuctor"
Mascot(s)Crossed Rifle & Shovel
Anniversaries10 July 2006
Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Philippines) Streamer.png
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Badge
Battle honours None
Commanders
Current
commander
US-O7 insignia.svg BGen Marcelo B Javier Jr (RES) AFP
Notable
commanders
BGen Marcelo B Javier Jr (RES) AFP
Insignia
Search and Rescue Tab
The AFP Search and Rescue Tab.jpg
Laang Kawal Seal
Laang Kawal Seal.jpg
Philippine Army Infantry Branch Insignia
Philippine Army Infantry BC.jpg

The 15th Infantry Division (Ready Reserve), Philippine Army, [1] known as the Defender & Builder Division, is one of the Army Reserve Command's ready reserve infantry divisions.

Contents

The unit specializes in Urban Warfare, Urban Search and Rescue, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, and Civil-Military Operations. It operates in the National Capital Region.

History

Brigadier General Marcelo B Javier Jr (RES) AFP; the commanding general of the 15th Infantry Division (Ready Reserve). Brigadier General Marcelo B Javier Jr.jpg
Brigadier General Marcelo B Javier Jr (RES) AFP; the commanding general of the 15th Infantry Division (Ready Reserve).

The Philippine Army felt the need to re-organize its reserve units in the National Capital Region (NCR) when the 9th Infantry Division (Ready Reserve) was deactivated and the newly created regular infantry division (9ID) took its numerical designation.

The Commission on Appointments, confirmed the promotion of Colonel Javier Jr to brigadier general on 21 September 2012. [2]

On 3 December 2012, Colonel Javier Jr was sworn in as a brigadier general by President Benigno S. Aquino III, together with other newly promoted generals of the AFP at the Rizal Hall of Malacañang Palace. [3]

The division, since its activation, has performed countless Civil-Military Operations, Search and Rescue Operations and directly assist then AFP National Capital Regional Command and now the AFP Joint Task Force-National Capital Region in fulfilling its mandate of ensuring peace and order within the National Capital Region. [4] [5]

Mission

Vision

A well disciplined, organized, trained and non-partisan citizen army, able to augment the regular force and respond to national disasters and threats to national security, during peacetime, war or rebellion mandated to perform tasks of Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW).

Lineage of Commanding Officers

Organization

The following are the Base/Brigade units that are under the 15th Infantry Division (RR).

Base Units

Line Units

Trainings

The following are division-level special trainings undertaken by the unit soldiers:

Training is supervised and course-directed by reserve officers who are occupational specialty qualified, former active duty members, and already incorporated in the ready reserve force.

Unit soldiers also undertake regular courses from the AFP and regular Army TRADOC and special schools. There are reservists who are already authorized to don infantry, ordnance, civil military operations, psychological operations and airborne badges. The unit reservists also undertake specialized trainings from other government agencies.

Many unit officers and personnel have already served the fixed two-year called-to-active-duty tour in the regular force. As a modern reserve force, many possess advanced degrees, technical and professional certifications that fill skill gaps in the regular force. Most of the officers and personnel are also employed in local government administration and private and government security services. Reservists of the unit are considered excellent force multipliers in internal security and external defense operations.

Operations

Awards and decorations

Campaign streamers

Award StreamerStreamer NameOperationDate AwardedReference
Presidential Unit Citation (Philippines) Streamer.png Presidential Unit Citation Badge SAR/DRR Ops, TS Ketsana & TS Parma 4 February 2010General Orders No. 112, GHQ-AFP, dtd 4 Feb '10
Presidential Unit Citation (Philippines) Streamer.png Presidential Unit Citation Badge General Elections, Philippines 1 July 2010General Orders No. 641, GHQ-AFP, dtd 1 July '10

Badges

Military BadgeBadge NameOperationDate AwardedReference
AFP HOPE Badge.png
AFP Election Duty Badge General Elections, Philippines 21 May 2010General Orders No. 513, GHQ-AFP, dtd 21 May '10

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References

Citations
  1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/15th-Infantry-Division-Ready-Reserve-Philippine-Army/115078598526587 Official Facebook Page of the 15ID(RR) [ user-generated source ]
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