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 DATE: NOV 24,  2008                MAJ GERARDO M ZAMUDIO JR

                                                        Director, PIO

PAF manpower arm celebrates 1^st year

 The Philippine Air Force Personnel Management Center (PAF PMC), dubbed as the manpower arm of PAF, celebrated its first year of existence today with a simple recognition of its accomplishments and outstanding personnel.

Commanded by Lt. Colonel Ricardo Milan, PAF PMC was established a year ago to modernize the processing of personnel support services to all PAF personnel through the creation of a one-stop-shop in human resource management ranging from procurement of additional manpower up to their retirement from service.

Outstanding personnel Major Adriano Duadico, Technical Sergeant Ronald Pascua, Airwoman First Class Mary Grace Rosendo and civilian employee Domingo Gardaya personally received their awards from Major General Jovito Gammad, Philippine Air Force’s Chief of Air Staff.

Some of PAF PMC’s accomplishments cited were its high fill up rate of 97 percent for all major PAF units and 96 percent for support units, excluding those undergoing the Basic Military Training class of 2009 and the on-going enlistment of skilled applicants.

The Center also implemented the activation into active military durty of 100 reservists at the start of this year and 55 others last August, increasing the number of PAF officers to 1,782 out of the authorized number of 2,261. It is currently processing 65 Call to Active Duty applications and 98 PAF Regular Officers Procurement Program (PAFROPP) class 2010 applicants.

PAF PMC was also on top in the processing of local and foreign schooling, reassignments, Skill Knowledge Test (SKT), Promotional Examinations (Promex), medical reimbursements, variable and collateral claims, the renewal of appointment papers for all PAF casual employees and a slew of other personnel management tasks.

In his speech, General Gammad commended the Center for its innovative approach in personnel procurement, most notably its Mobile Testing Teams that enabled PAF to widen its sources of candidate soldiers to previously untapped areas nationwide.