National Capital Region Regional Community Defense Group

The National Capital Region 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 the National Capital Region.

Training
Training is the major task handled by NCRRCDG, 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).

Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC)
Basic ROTC is the only component required by a tertiary (college) level student to have completed as requirement for completion of the National Service Training Program. Military subjects are provided similar to how military instructions are conducted in the service academies and graduates are automatically enlisted in the reserve force of the particular service branch (Army) administering the training. Advance ROTC is purely voluntary in nature and that Advance ROTC Cadets are provided a modest allowance after passing the requirements for their respective Advance ROTC Examination (PAARE). 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.

Basic Citizen's Military Training (BCMT)
Basic Citizen's Military Training (BCMT) is a military training course conducted by the Philippine Army through the Army Reserve Command. It is an entry level training course undertaken by Filipino Citizens wanting to enlist in the reserve force.

BCMT instruction is administered by a joint training pool of military instructors from both regular and reserve forces and is usually conducted inside any of the Philippine Army's training camps. Guest instructors are requested from other government agencies and non-government organizations (NGO) for specialized instructions.

Special Basic Citizen's Military Training (SBCMT) is a special course conducted by the Philippine Army in response to a request from a Local Government Unit (LGU). Funding is usually provided for by the requesting agency as compared to regular BCMT which receives funding from the Army.

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 NCRRCDG 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

 * 1301st (CAMANAVA) Community Defense Center
 * 1302nd (QUEZON) Community Defense Center - Peacekeeping Operations Center Cpd, CGEA, Quezon City
 * 1303rd (MAMAPAPASANTA) Community Defense Center - Ft Andrés Bonifacio, Makati, Metro Manila
 * 1304th (MANILA) Community Defense Center - 4F City Hall Building, Manila
 * 1305th (PAPAMUNLAS) Community Defense Center - Ft Andrés Bonifacio, Makati, Metro Manila

Reserve Divisions
The NCR Regional Community Defense Group exercises administrative control over all reserve divisions assigned in its AOR:


 * 15th Infantry (Ready Reserve) Division, PA (Metro Manila) (Ft Andrés Bonifacio, Makati, Metro Manila)
 * 131st Infantry (Standby Reserve) Division, PA (Ft Andrés Bonifacio, Makati, Metro Manila)

Reserve Officer Training Corps Units
ROTC Management is provided by the NCR Regional Community Defense Group through its respective mobilization centers or community defense centers:


 * University of the Philippines ROTC Unit
 * University of Santo Tomas ROTC Unit
 * Mapúa Institute of Technology ROTC Unit