New PMA chief installed in rites

FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City -- Vice Admiral Edgar L. Abogado Friday assumed as new superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy  after brief turn-over ceremonies here.

He underscored the immense responsibility of the position being the head of the military institution which train future officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and leaders of the country.

True to his word, many of the former members of the PMA cadet corps, referred at times as the “Long Grey Line,” became not only as distinguished officers of the AFP and the Philippine National Police but also as national leaders.

Among them is former President Fidel V. Ramos who was a PMA cadet before he entered West Point in the United States of America.

Since l937, even exchange scholar cadets from foreign countries graduated from the institution until PMA was regarded over the years as Asia’s premier military school.

The foreign exchange scholars from Asian countries proved they are also capable for the extensive academic and military training here that there was even a time when foreign cadet from Singapore topped the graduating class in the l970’s. -- PNA