38th Infantry Battalion (Cadre)

38 Infantry Battalion
Active	February 17, 1975 - Present
Country	Philippines
Allegiance	Republic of the Philippines
Branch	Philippine Army
Type	Infantry Battalion
Role	Conventional Warfare, Counter-guerrilla Operations, SAR and CSAR, Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, Civil-Military Operations and Civil-military Co-operations
Size	3 Infantry Companies and 1 Headquarters & Headquarters Service Company
Part of	Under the 602nd Infantry Brigade
Nickname(s)	We Clear Battalion
Motto(s)	We Clear
Anniversaries	17 February
Philippine Army Infantry Branch Insignia

The 38th Infantry Battalion (Cadre), known officially as 38th Cadre Battalion, is one of the battalions of the Philippine Army, which is organic to the 602nd Infantry Brigade of the 6th Infantry "Kampilan" Division. It is an infantry unit, and is one of the CAFGU units of the Philippine Army.

The 38IB(C) specializes in Counter-insurgency Operations, Jungle warfare as well as CMO and co-operations.

The unit is primarily composed of CAFGU militiamen supervised by Philippine Army Regular Commissioned Officers and Non-commissioned officers.

Organization

The following are the units that are presently placed under operational control of the 38th Infantry Battalion (Cadre):

Base units

• Headquarters & Headquarters Company

Line units

• "A" Infantry Company
• "B" Infantry Company
• "C" Infantry Company

See also

• 6th Infantry Division (Philippines)
• Philippine Army Reserve Command
• Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit
• AFP Cadre Battalion

References

Citations

Bibliography

• 38IB Article at Global Security.org.
• Philippine Army History, The Philippine Army Museum.
• The Philippine Army Public Affairs Office, The Philippine Army: First 100 Years, 1997, OTAPA.
• The Special Forces School, Philippine Army Special Forces Operations Manual PAM 3-071, 2008, SFR(A).
• Pobre, Cesar P. (2006). History of the Armed Forces of the Filipino People. New Day Publishers. ISBN 9711010410.