QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 9365)
RA 9365 declares it is the policy of the State to continuously develop a professional Armed Forces of the Philippines by establishing career development and promotion systems that ensure career progression and provide career motivations for all AFP personnel.
RA 9365 created the rank of First Chief Master Sergeant / First Master Chief Petty Officer (E-10) as part of the noncommissioned grades of the AFP.
The rank of First Chief Master Sergeant / First Master Chief Petty Officer (E-10) is held by the AFP Sergeant Major.
The AFP Sergeant Major shall be selected from among the Chief Master Sergeants / Master Chief Petty Officers.
The Chief of Staff, AFP, is authorized to prescribe the rules and regulations governing the selection of the AFP Sergeant Major.
Unless sooner terminated for cause by the Chief of Staff, AFP, the AFP Sergeant Major may serve for a maximum term of three (3) years.
Yes. No person shall be appointed under the selection provision if he has less than one (1) year in active service prior to his reaching the compulsory retirement age.
A First Chief Master Sergeant / First Master Chief Petty Officer receives a monthly base pay equivalent to the monthly base pay of Salary Grade 19.
They shall be retired with the rank of Second Lieutenant/Ensign, but with the retirement pay and benefits corresponding to a First Lieutenant/Lieutenant Junior Grade (O-2).
The amount necessary for the initial implementation shall be charged against the available appropriations of the AFP under the current General Appropriations Act.
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its continued implementation shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
The Secretary of National Defense must promulgate the necessary rules and regulations within ninety (90) days after the approval of the Act.
The Secretary of National Defense.
All laws, rules, regulations, orders, circulars, and memoranda inconsistent with RA 9365 are repealed or modified accordingly.
It shall take effect fifteen (15) days upon approval.
RA 9365 creates the E-10 rank and specifies that it is held by the AFP Sergeant Major, thereby formalizing that role as the holder of the new rank.