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PH NAVY’S FIRST. AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Felimon Santos Jr. (right) leads the donning ceremony for Commodore Luzviminda Camacho, one of the AFP’s newly-promoted senior officials, in Camp Aguinaldo on Tuesday (Jan. 28, 2020). Camacho made history as the first female Commodore (equivalent to Brigadier General or one-star rank in the Army, Air Force, and Marines) of the Philippine Navy.

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(Photo courtesy of AFP Public Affairs Office via PNA)

MANILA — A Philippine Navy officer made history as the first woman to become a Commodore (equivalent to Brigadier General or one-star rank in the Army, Air Force, and Marines).

Promoted to the rank was Captain Luzviminda Camacho, chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Office of Legislative Affairs.

Aside from being the first woman to get the rank, Camacho is the first female chief of her office, the first woman to command a Philippine Navy ship and the first female commander of peacekeepers sent by the Philippines to Haiti.

Camacho was among the three senior officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) who formally donned their next higher rank in a ceremony in short ceremonies at the General Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City Tuesday.

AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Felimon Santos Jr., who just became a four-star general Monday, presided over the donning ceremony.

Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Roberto Ancan, Central Command head, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.

He previously led the Zamboanga Del Sur-based 1st Infantry Division and is a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1987.

Promoted to the rank of Major General is Brig. Gen. Ernesto Torres Jr., who is the current commander of AFP Civil Relations Service.

He is the former commander of Joint Task Force Haribon and deputy commander of Eastern Mindanao Command and a member of PMA Class of 1989.

Present during the donning ceremonies were senior military officers led by AFP vice chief-of-staff Vice Admiral Gaudencio Collado, Jr.

, and families of the newly-promoted officials.

Military honors at the General Headquarters Canopy were also rendered for Ancan who is the most senior of the newly-promoted officers.

Promotions of generals and senior officers in the military signify the advancement in their careers as soldiers.

It also implies the bigger and more crucial responsibilities that they have to carry towards the attainment of the AFP’s mission.

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