Mempin takes 10ID command

DAVAO DE ORO, February 22 (PIA) - - Major General Nolasco A. Mempin PA assumes on Wednesday, February 22, 2022, as the commander of the 10^th Infantry Agila Division replacing Lieutenant General Ernesto Torres, Jr. AFP, who is now the commander of the North Luzon Command.

Before his appointment, Major General Mempin was the deputy chief of staff for Civil Military Operations (CMO) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) since October 2021.

MGen Mempin is not new to the area of the Agila Division as he served as its assistant division commander from June to October 2021.

Prior to that, he was the commander of the 1003rd Infantry Raptor Brigade from March 2019 to June 2021, and commander of Task Force Davao on August 2017 to March 2019.

During his stint as the Raptor Brigade commander, Guerilla Front 56, and Pulang Bagani 2 and 3 of the New People’s Army were dismantled.

BGen Mempin is a member of Philippine Military Academy “Bigkis Lahi” Class 1990.

During the Change of Command Ceremony held at the Camp General Manuel T Yan Sr, Lieutenant General Romeo Brawner Jr. PA, commanding general of the Philippine Army, presided the hand-over of command symbol.

Lieutenant General Brawner challenged Mempin to sprint towards the finish line of ending the local communist armed conflict, and local terrorism.

“As we end the term of the President, we have to have the sense of urgency, kasi ang sabi ng Pangulo, we have to end the local communist armed conflict and even pati na ang mga local terrorists operating here in Southern Mindanao,” LtGen Brawner said.

Brawner assured Mempin and the 10ID troops that they in the central headquarters will support them “all the way.”

Mempin, on his end, said that the division with more than 19,000 manppower is in great shape to accomplish the marching order on solving the problem of insurgency before the term of President Rodrigo Duterte on June 30.

“We really have to focus on the marching order. because ang plano natin is iyong mga units na merong mga kinocomfront na communist terrorist groups, hayaan natin silang makapagfocus; habang iyong mga other units na walang kinocomfront na communist terrorist groups, iyon yung mga iaassign natin on election duties so that walang interrurption sa ating campaign, also with the help sa ating mga stakeholders lalo na iyong task force ELCAC.” (PIAXI, Michael Uy)

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