AMENIDNG PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DATED DECEMBER 30, 1973 ADJUSTING THE AUTHORIZED GRADES IN THE COMMAND AND STAFF STRUCTURE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1769
• Sections: 2

Preamble

WHEREAS, Section 2 of PD J60 provides that the positions of

Commanders of Task forces, Major Units and other key positions of the AFP shall

be authorized the grade of Brigadier General/Commodore as the President may

direct;

WHEREAS, the Commander of the Southern Command occupies a

position of major responsibility equivalent to those of the Commanders of Major

Services and the Presidential Security Command and exercises operational

jurisdiction over the majority of AFP units operating in Southern

Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as

Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines and pursuant to

Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, Proclamation No. 1104., dated

January 17, 1973 and General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended,

do hereby decree that:

Section 1

SECTION 1. of Presidential Decree Numbered Three Hundred

Sixty dated December 30, 1973 is hereby amended to read:

"1. The following positions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines shall be

authorized the grades or their equivalent in the Philippine Navy as herein

indicated:

Chief of Staff, AFP

General

(0 - 10)

Vice Chief of Staff, AFP

Lt. General

(0-9)

Commanders of Major Services, AFP

Major General

(0-8)

Commander of Presidential Security

Command, AFP

Major General

(0-8)

Commander, Southern Command

Major General

(0-8)

The Deputy of Staff, AFP

Major General

(0-8)

Deputy Chief of Staff, GHQ

J1, J2, J3, J4, J5, J6, J7, &

J8

Brigadier General

(0-7)

The Inspector General, AFP

Brigadier General

(0-7)

This decree shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 12th day of January, in the year of Our

Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-One.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant

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