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SLU-ROTC
Tops Summer Cadre Training
From
Saint Louis Chronicle, September 2001 edition (http://www.slu.edu.ph/Publications/Chronicle/pdf/sep2001.pdf)
Amid
calls for the abolition of the Reserve Officer Training
Course, the Armed Forces of the Philippines thru the
Air Force held a Summer Cadre Training (in AS23) at
the Air Reserve Command Headquarters, Air Force City
Clarkfield, Pampanga, last April 1 to May 30, 2001.
The
annual event, which serves as a training ground for
ROTC officers, is participated by six Air Reserve
Centers from all over the Philippines. This year SLU-ROTC
cadet/cadette officers bested their contemporaries
from the fifty-four schools in the country offering
Air Science in ROTC. SLU's Cdt. 1Cl McRyan Capua was
awarded Cadet of the Year. While seven more officers
topped in Military Proficiency and Academics. They
are (in order of merit): (#2) Cdt. 2Cl Perceival Bugnosen;
(#3) Cdt. 2Cl Arjil Joseph; (#6) Cdt. 2Cl Eddie As-il;
(#9) Cdt. 2Cl Brainald Wadwadan; and, (#10) Cdt. 2Cl
Aladdin Beniking. In related activities, Cdt. 2Cl
Dexter Tayab placed first in Weapons (Assembly and
Disassembly) Training. Cdt. 2Cl Orlando Bagto also
garnered first in Firing. Cdt. 2Cls Eddie As-il, Ferdinand
Macopia, Wilcher Pantaleon, and Cdt. 1Cl Victory Oyang-o
won first, second, fourth, and seventh place, respectively
in the 10-km. run. Cdt. 2Cl Jordahne Sumakong earned
the Best Speaker Award.
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