Camp Aguinaldo

Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo
Kampo Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo
Quezon City, Philippines
General Headquarters Building of the AFP at Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
Type	Military base
Site information
Controlled by	Philippines
Site history
Built	1935
In use	1935–present
Materials	Concrete and Metal
Battles/wars	World War II Korean War Vietnam War Gulf War Iraq War Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
Garrison information
Current commander	BGEN Joel Lalaquil, PA [1] [2]
Garrison	Department of National Defense National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Philippine Veterans Affairs Office National Defense College of the Philippines AFP General Headquarters & Headquarters Service Command NCR Command/ Joint Task Force NCR AFP Reserve Command AFP Command & General Staff College AFP Joint Special Operations Group AFP Peacekeeping Operations Center

Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo (CGEA), also known as Camp Aguinaldo, is the site of the general headquarters (GHQ) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

It is located in Quezon City along EDSA, a major thoroughfare of the metropolis, to which it is across Camp Crame, the national headquarters (NHQ) of the Philippine National Police (PNP). The military installation is named after Philippine revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo, who became the first Philippine president and fought in the Philippine Revolution, the Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War.

Land

The combined areas of both Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame covers a total land area of 220 hectares (2.2 km²), with 34 hectares (0.34 km²) being part of a deed of donation from the Ortigas and Company Partnership Limited in the 1950s. The company had originally acquired these lands as estate holdings from the Augustinian Order, such as the Hacienda de Mandaluyon. ^[3]

Camp Aguinaldo occupies 178.7 hectares (1.787 km²) of this total area, ^[4] of which 152.5 hectares (1.525 km²) hectares were purchased by the government and the remaining 26.2 hectares (0.262 km²) hectares were donated by Ortigas and Company. ^{[5] [6]}

History

Aerial view of Camp Murphy and Zablan Field, 1937

Gate of Camp Aguinaldo.

GHQ Security Escort Battalion render honors for United States Secretary of Defense William Cohen at the Camp Aguinaldo Grandstand and Parade Ground.

Camp Aguinaldo was established on January 11, 1935, as Camp Murphy, including Zablan Field, which acted as an airstrip. It was then part of San Juan, Rizal. It was named in honor of the first American High Commissioner to the Philippines Frank Murphy. It was renamed Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in 1965, after the first president of the Philippines. ^{[7] [8]} The Philippine Constabulary General Service Battalion was the first to use the camp in January 1935. In December of that year, the National Defense Act paved the way for the formation of the Philippine Army. ^[9] It also designated the Philippine Constabulary as the Army Constabulary Division, ^{[10] [9]} which maintains its peacekeeping mission under the DND.

In June 1938, the Army Constabulary Division was separated from the Philippine Army and was reformed to become the National Police Force under the Department of Interior. ^[11]

After World War II, Camp Murphy was divided into two camps—Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo. The Zablan Field's former Japanese runways now forms the roads of White Plains Avenue and a portion of Katipunan Avenue, just in front of White Plains subdivisions. ^[12] The camp was transferred to the jurisdiction of Quezon City in 1941, ^{[13] [14]} and briefly became part of the City of Greater Manila, resulting from Quezon City's merger with Manila and several Rizal towns, from 1942 to 1945. ^{[15] [16]}

On November 21, 2013, Civic Groups and Volunteers were to be transferred to Camp Emilio Aguinaldo from Villamor Air Base in Pasay. It was done to give more storage spaces for those who were part of Oplan Salubong. All relief supports including food, medical and transportation services were to be transferred to Camp Aguinaldo together with the DSWD in the benefit of Typhoon Yolanda survivors. ^{[17] [18] [19] [20]}

In March 2019, the DOTr announced that the Katipunan station of the Metro Manila Subway is planned to be built underneath a portion of the camp's property, along the intersection of Katipunan Avenue and Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue, in order to boost property values in the area and generate investments for the government . ^[21]

Barangay

Camp Aguinaldo
Barangay
Camp Aguinaldo
Coordinates: 14°36′22″N121°03′54″E / 14.6061°N 121.0650°E / 14.6061; 121.0650
Country	Philippines
Region	National Capital Region
City	Quezon City
District	3rd District
Established	June 25, 1975 [22]
Government
• Type	Barangay
•  Barangay captain	Gregorio R. Tolentino [23]
Area [24]
• Total	1.83 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Population  (2020) [25]
• Total	3,269
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
Postal Code	1110 [26]
Area code	2
PSGC	137404019

The military installation is situated in its own administrative division as a barangay of Quezon City, known as Barangay Camp Aguinaldo. Prior to this, Camp Aguinaldo was part of Barangay Socorro until the namesake barangay was created through Executive Order No. 29 signed by Mayor Norberto S. Amoranto on June 25, 1975. At the time of creation, the barangay had 250 households and a voting population of 800 people. ^[24]

The land boundaries of Barangay Camp Aguinaldo are defined by Boni Serrano Avenue (formerly known as Santolan Road) to the north, EDSA to the west, White Plains Avenue to the south, and the eastern perimeter of the base to the east. ^[22] Some non-military establishments can be found near the northern boundary with Barangay Socorro along Boni Serrano Avenue, such as the Saint Ignatius de Loyola Parish Church and the Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo High School.

Its barangay hall can be located at the intersection of Road 3 and Gozar Street. ^[22]

See also

• Philippine Constabulary
• Philippine Military Academy
• Military history of the Philippines
• Military history of the Philippines during World War II

References

Citations

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3. "The Developer". Ortigas Land Properties. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
4. Gonzales, Iris. "Ortigas & Co. still keen to develop Camp Aguinaldo, Crame". Philstar.com. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
5. "Ortigas & Co banks on realty projects for growth". Philstar.com. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
6. Mendez, Christina. "Lawmakers caution government on sale of police, military camps". Philstar.com. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
7. "Republic Act No. 4434". The LawPhil Project. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
8. Yenne, Bill (September 19, 2019). MacArthur's Air Force: American Airpower over the Pacific and the Far East, 1941–51. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4728-3322-8 . Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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10. Chaffee, Frederic H.; Studies, American University (Washington, D. C. ) Foreign Area (1969). Area Handbook for the Philippines. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 369. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
11. "Camps Crame, Aguinaldo for sale-Purisima – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos". Archived from the original on January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
12. "Pacific Wrecks". Pacificwrecks.com. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
13. Pante, Michael D. (February 2017). "Quezon's City: Corruption and contradiction in Manila's prewar suburbia, 1935–1941" (PDF). Cambridge.org. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
14. Commonwealth Act No. 659 (June 21, 1941), An act to amend sections two, three, twelve, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-four, and twenty-seven of Commonwealth Act numbered five hundred and two, and inserting new sections therein, to be known as sections thirteen-A, twenty-one-A, twenty-one-B, twenty-one-C, twenty-one-D, twenty-one-E, twenty-one-F, A and twenty-one-G, Chan Robles Virtual Law Library, retrieved February 21, 2024
15. Executive Order No. 400, s. 1942 (January 1, 1942), Creating the City of Greater Manila, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, archived from the original on July 1, 2022, retrieved August 24, 2022
16. Executive Order No. 58, s. 1945 (July 25, 1945), Reducing the Territory of the City of Greater Manila, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, archived from the original on March 8, 2023, retrieved August 24, 2022
17. "Typhoon Yolanda survivors to be sent to Camp Aguinaldo | Sun.Star". SunStar . Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
18. "Fire hits ISAFP building in Camp Aguinaldo". ABS-CBN News.
19. "The Manila Times". The Manila Times .
20. "Camp Aguinaldo Golf Course". Golfadvisor.com.
21. "6 subway stations to rise on gov't properties". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
22. "QC : Barangay Profiles". Quezon City Public Library. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
23. "Quezon City Barangay Officials". Quezon City Government. January 8, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
24. History of QC Barangays: Journey to Early Beginnings of Quezon City Barangays. Vol. 1. Quezon City: Quezon City Public Library. 2019. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
25. "2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority . July 7, 2021. Archived from the original on July 7, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
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Bibliography

• Official Page of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
• Pobre, Cesar P. (2006). History of the Armed Forces of the Filipino People. New Day Publishers. ISBN   9711010410.

External links

• Camp Aguinaldo Official website
• Armed Forces of the Philippines
• Camp Murphy, Zablan Airfield, Camp Aguinaldo Pacific Wrecks.org

14°36′49″N121°03′54″E / 14.61365°N 121.06504°E / 14.61365; 121.06504