By Rene V. Carbayas
ISABELA CITY, Basilan – Army chief Lieutenant General Noel
Coballes paid a visit recently to the Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM)
Headquarters at Camp Navarro, Calarian in Zamboanga City.
WESMINCOM is
under the command of Lt Gen Rey C Ardo.
In a press
release, Col Rodrigo T Gregorio, WESMINCOM command spokesman disclosed that
Gen. Coballes met with Army commanders and to assess the overall readiness of
all army units in this part of the country for the midterm elections.
He was
accompanied by some of his staff during this weeklong visit to Army units.
Gregorio
said the Army chief’s visit to WESMINCOM was like a homecoming, as he was once its
commander who subsequently became the Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
of the Philippines prior to his elevation to the top Army post on January 22,
2013.
Ardo
accorded the Army chief with military honors upon his arrival, which is
traditionally accorded to a ranking officer or dignitary. (PIA9)