1st Regional Community Defense Group

The 1st Regional Community Defense Group, Army Reserve Command; is a Line Unit of the Army Reserve Command. It was created for the sole purpose of Reserve Force management, procurement, and organisation in the areas encompassing Northern and Central Luzon.

Training
Training is the major task handled by 1RCDG,ARESCOM. Its primary arms are the university/college-based Department of Military Science and Tactics-administered mandatory basic and the optional advanced Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC); and the territorial unit-administered Basic Citizen's Military Training (BCMT).

Basic ROTC and BCMT graduates are enlisted as Privates in the Reserve Force, while advanced ROTC graduates are enlisted as Sergeants. Completion of Advance ROTC is considered a graduate qualification in Military Science, and such graduates who subsequently progress to the Probationary Officer Training Course (POTC) are commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants.

Other than time-in-grade and merit promotions, rank adjustments are authorized depending on civilian qualifications, as well as their reciprocity to the operating environment.

Types of Reservists
There are currently two types of reservists in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Reserve Force:
 * Ready Reservists: physically-fit and tactically-current reservist personnel that are always on constant alert and training; ready to mobilise once a mobilisation order has been given.
 * Standby Reservists: reservist personnel who do not maintain currency in specialization qualifications but the base for expansion, support and augmentation to the Ready Reserve Force as needed.

Units
The 1RCDG has several line units under its command, making the administration and training of reservists more compartmentalized and territorial based.

Base Units

 * Headquarters & Headquarters Service Company
 * ROTC Training Unit
 * Citizens Military Training Unit
 * Reservist Management Information Systems Office

Line Units

 * 101st (ILN) Community Defense Center - Camp Valentin Juan, Laoag, Ilocos Norte
 * 102nd (ILS) Community Defense Center - Camp Elpidio Quirino, Bulag-Bantay, Ilocos Sur
 * 103rd (LUN) Community Defense Center - Camp J Laberinto, Naguilian, La Union
 * 104th (PGN-W) Community Defense Center - Isidro Norte, Binmaley, Pangasinan
 * 105th (PGN-E) Community Defense Center - Camp Lt Tito B Abat, Manaoag, Pangasinan
 * 106th (BNT) Community Defense Center - Athletic Bowl, Baguio City
 * 107th (ABR) Community Defense Center - Camp Juan Villamor, Bangued, Abra
 * 108th (MTP) Community Defense Center - Bontoc, Mountain Province

Reserve Divisions

 * 16th Infantry Division Ready Reserve (Cp Tito Abat, Manaoag, Pangasinan)
 * 17th Infantry Division Ready Reserve (Cp Eldridge, Los Baños, Laguna)
 * 5th Infantry (Ready Reserve) Division, PA (Cp Elpidio Quirino, Bulag, Bantay, Isabela)
 * 12th Infantry (Ready Reserve) Division, PA (Cp Juan Villamor, Bangued, Abra)