Philippine Army Reserve Command

The Army Reserve Command (ARESCOM or RESCOM; Tagalog: Pangasiwaan ng Panlaáng Kawal ng Hukbóng Katihan or PPKHK) is a Major Support Command of the one the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It was created for the sole purpose of Reserve Force management, procurement, and organisation.

Training
Training is the major task handled by 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 authorised 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.

Lineage of Commanding Officers

 * Col Rosendo V Cruz PA (GSC) 01 Sep 77 - 1986
 * Col Ernesto H Luis PA MNSA (GSC) 01 Jul 92 - 01 Jul 95
 * BGen Franklin C Acosta AFP 01 Jul 95 - 01 Dec 97
 * BGen Antonio J Saldua AFP 01 Dec 97 - 30 Nov 99
 * Col Edmund G Pacada PA (GSC) 30 Nov 99 - 16 Jun 01
 * Col Roberto C Gervacio PA (GSC)
 * BGen Marcial A Collao Jr AFP
 * BGen Edwin H Vargas AFP
 * BGen Dionisio A Torina AFP 06 Oct 03 - 16 Aug 05
 * Col Ibarra P Gutierrez (INF) GSC PA
 * BGen Emmanuel S Cayton AFP 16 Aug 05 -
 * BGen Luini C Mirar AFP
 * BGen Danilo M Garcia AFP 27 Mar 08 - 7 March 2010
 * BGen Joel P Ibañez AFP 7 March 2010 - 10 March 2011
 * BGen Alex N Albano AFP

Units
ARESCOM's unit are divided regionally into 13 Community Defense Groups, having three or more Community Defense Centers incorporated into them, and nine Reserve Infantry Divisions. Army ROTC Management falls under their respective RCDGs.


 * National Capital Region Regional Community Defense Group ( Fort Andrés Bornifacio, Taguig, Metro Manila)
 * 1st Regional Community Defense Group (Cp Lt Tito B Abat, Manaoag, Pangasinan)
 * 2nd Regional Community Defense Group (Cp Melchor F Dela Cruz, Upi, Gamu, Isabela)
 * 3rd Regional Community Defense Group (Cp MG Servillano T Aquino, Tarlac, Tarlac)
 * 4th Regional Community Defense Group (Cp Eldridge, Los Baños, Laguna)
 * 5th Regional Community Defense Group (Cp Gen Simeón A Ola, Legazpi, Albay)
 * 6th Regional Community Defense Group (Cp Gen Adriano Hernández, Dingle, Iloilo)
 * 7th Regional Community Defense Group (Cp Rajah Lapu-lapu, Cebu City, Cebu)
 * 8th Regional Community Defense Group (Cp Downes, Ormoc, Leyte)
 * 9th Regional Community Defense Group (Kuta Dao, Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur)
 * 10th Regional Community Defense Group (Cp LG Edilberto Evangelista, Cagayan De Oro, Misamis Oriental)
 * 11th Regional Community Defense Group (Davao City)
 * 12th Regional Community Defense Group (PC Hill, Cotabato City)


 * CARAGA Regional Community Defense Group


 * 15th Infantry (Ready Reserve) Division, PA (Metro Manila) (Ft Andrés Bonifacio, Makati, Metro Manila)
 * 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)
 * 6th Infantry (Ready Reserve) Division, PA (Cp BG Gonzalo H Siongco, Tacurong, Maguindanao)
 * 8th Infantry (Ready Reserve) Division, PA (Cp Vicente Lukban, Catbalogan, Western Samar)
 * 10th Infantry (Ready Reserve) Division, PA (Cp Bancasi, Libertad, Butuan City, Agusan Del Norte)
 * 12th Infantry (Ready Reserve) Division, PA (Cp Juan Villamor, Bangued, Abra)
 * 131st Infantry (Standby Reserve) Division, PA (Ft Andrés Bonifactio, Makati, Metro Manila)

The Following Divisions were subsequently de-activated due to the activation of the two Regular Infantry Division with the laters divisional numerical designation.


 * 9th Infantry (Ready Reserve) Division, PA (Makati City)
 * 403rd Battalion (Ready Reserve) Division, PA (Cebu City)