{"id":116109,"date":"2017-09-05T04:12:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T08:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=116109"},"modified":"2017-09-05T04:12:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T08:12:31","slug":"parreno-to-formally-assume-marines-helm-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/05\/parreno-to-formally-assume-marines-helm-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Parre\u00f1o to formally assume Marines helm Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Parre\u00f1o,<\/a>
Parre\u00f1o, and a member of PMA Class of 1986, becomes the 31st Commandant of the PMC. He is the Deputy Commandant of PMC prior to his appointment. (Photo<\/a>: Ronan Eugene Colina Garcia\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u2014 Brig. Gen. Alvin Parre\u00f1o will formally take over the helm of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Change-of-command ceremonies will take place at the Bonifacio Naval Station, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.<\/p>\n

Parre\u00f1o will replace Major Gen. Emmanuel S. Salamat, a member of Philippine Military Academy Class of 1985, who was appointed head of the Tarlac City-based Northern Luzon Command on Monday following the retirement of Lt. Gen. Romeo Tanalgo,\u00a0PMC public affairs office head\u00a0Lt. Rowena Dalmacio said.<\/p>\n

Parre\u00f1o, and a member of PMA Class of 1986, becomes the 31st Commandant of the PMC. He is the Deputy Commandant of PMC prior to his appointment.<\/p>\n

Parre\u00f1o is a seasoned Marine officer who started his career by commanding a marine rifle platoon and honed his skills during his stint in Force Reconnaissance Battalion where he became its Commander.<\/p>\n

He also commanded the Marine Battalion Landing Team 3 and was promoted to brigadier general while leading the Naval Reserve Command prior his assignment as commander of the 1st Marine Brigade in 2016.<\/p>\n

The incoming PMC chief held various key positions which honed him to become one of the finest generals of his time.<\/p>\n

He has proven his leadership skills and prowess in fighting separatist and terrorist groups in Mindanao and received numerous medals and various commendations for\u00a0 gallantry and dedication to service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u2014 Brig. Gen. Alvin Parre\u00f1o will formally take over the helm of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Tuesday afternoon. Change-of-command …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":116113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[22938,22936,2993,22937,7897],"class_list":["post-116109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-bonifacio-naval-station","tag-brig-gen-alvin-parreno","tag-fort-bonifacio","tag-philippine-marine-corps-pmc","tag-taguig-city","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}