Civil Military Affairs Brigade (Reserve)

Civil Military Affairs Brigade (Reserve)
Civil Military Affairs Brigade (Reserve)
	Unit seal
Active	September 1999 - present
Country	Philippines
Allegiance	Republic of the Philippines
Branch	Armed Forces of the Philippines
Type	Technical Services Reserve; Civil Military Affairs Services
Role	Combat Support and Combat Service Support, SAR and CSAR, Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, Civil-Military Operations and Civil-military Co-operations
Size	8 Civil Military Affairs Groups, 1 Information Development Group, 1 Media Affairs Group and 1 Headquarters & Headquarters Service Group
Part of	Under the AFP Reserve Command Technical Services Reserve Group
Garrison/HQ	AFPRESCOM Cpd, CGEA, Quezon City
Nickname(s)	CMA BDE; ; Civil Military Affairs Brigade;
Motto(s)	Isip, Salita, at Gawa; ; Thoughts, Words, and Actions; Pensamientos, Palabras y Acciones;
Mascot(s)	Philippine serpent eagle
Anniversaries	Similar date to National Reservist Week Celebration
Decorations	; Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Badge
Commanders
Current; commander	COL GERARD V VELEZ PA (GSC) (RES)
Notable; commanders	BGEN JOSEPH G SEVILLA AFP (RES) BGEN EMMANUEL JOAQUIN B GUINA AFP (RES)
Insignia
Civil-Military Operations Tab
Laang Kawal Seal
Special Forces-Unconventional Warfare Operations TAB
AFPRESCOM Scuba Diving Badge

The Civil Military Affairs Brigade (Reserve)^[1]^[2] is one of the units of the Technical Services Reserve Group of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Reserve Command, and is based in Quezon City. The unit provides combat support and service support services to AFP Reserve Force Maneuver Units operating within the National Capital Region, conduct community development operations, civil-military operations and co-operations in support of the IPSP Bayanihan.

Commanding officers

Unit Designation: Public Affairs Group (Reserve)

Unit Designation: Public Affairs Service (PAS)(Reserve)

Unit Designation: Civil Military Affairs Brigade (Reserve)

Brigadier General Joseph G. Sevilla AFP (RES) - November 2009 to November 2011
Commodore Enrico Juan P. Talon AFP (RES) - November 2011 to May 2015
Brigadier General Emmanuel Joaquin B. Guina AFP (RES) - May 15, 2015 to May 18, 2019
Colonel Gerard V. Velez PA (GSC, RES) - 18 May 2019 to date

The following are the units of the Civil Military Affairs Brigade:

Headquarters Units:

Civil Military Affairs Operation Course
Special Forces Operations Orientation Training (Unconventional Warfare Operations Course)
Scuba Diving Course (soon^[when?] to be conducted by AFPRESCOM Diver by instruction of Lt Col Fabian H Versoza PA INF (SR) - Assistant chief of Staff for Education & Training, G8
Explosives Ordnance Reconnaissance Agent Course
K-9 Handling Course
VIP Security Protection Course
Air-to-Ground Operations System Orientation course

Award streamer	Streamer name	Operation	Date awarded	Reference
	Presidential Unit Citation Badge	SAR/DRR Ops, TS Ketsana	4 February 2010	General Orders No. 112, GHQ-AFP, dtd 04 Feb '10
	Presidential Unit Citation Badge	General Elections, Philippines	1 July 2010	General Orders No. 641, GHQ-AFP, dtd 1 July '10

Military badge	Badge name	Operation	Date awarded	Reference
	AFP Election Duty Badge	General Elections, Philippines	21 May 2010	General Orders No. 513, GHQ-AFP, dtd 21 May '10

Miscellaneous gallery
Civil Military Affairs Operations Course Graduation December 2012 with Radm Miguel Jose S Rodriguez AFP Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil Military Operations, J7 as Guest of Honor, MGEN MARLOU S SALAZAR AFP DCS for Reservist & Retirees Affairs, J9 and COL QUIRINO S CALONZO PA (GSC) Commander AFPRESCOM
CMAOC maroon berret, CMO badge and certificate
Special Forces Operations Orientation Training – Unconventional Warfare Operations Course Graduation Day
Special Forces Operations Orientation Training CL 04-13 September 7, 2013 Taken at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija Unconventional Warfare operations Course – Unconventional Warfare Operations Course Specialist.
Special Forces Operations Orientation Training – Unconventional Warfare Operations Course
Special Forces Operations Orientation Training CL 04–13 September 7, 2013 "Where Brotherhood Begins"

^ "Tech & Admin Services -". afprescomhqs.webs.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
^ "What is Technicals Service?". timawa.net. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2014.

General Orders activating Civil Military Affairs Brigade of the AFP Reserve Command
AFPRESCOM official site
The AFPRESCOM Training Group, AFP-MOT Manual, 2001, AFPRESCOM

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