Amendments to Military Training and Service Laws

Section 1 amends Section 53 of the National Defense Act, as amended.
Section 2 amends Section 19 of Republic Act No. 1831.
Section 3 provides rules for interpreting specific words used in the National Defense Act, as amended.

Section 1 requires young men to register for training and service in the Armed Forces of the Philippines components and separate units in the calendar year they will attain twenty years of age.
The registration obligation covers service in the Philippine Army, Philippine Constabulary, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Navy, and separate Armed Forces of the Philippines units.
Section 1 sets the Period of such training and service at eighteen consecutive months.
Section 1 requires each registrant to receive military training for at least six months.
Section 1 provides that after training, the person may be assigned for duty and service with elements of the Regular Force.

Section 2 requires that each young man receive a monthly base pay of not less than ten pesos for the first ten months.
Section 2 requires an additional five pesos per month for service longer than ten months.
Section 2 provides that pay is in addition to meals and barracks accommodation, medical and dental attendance, clothing, and transportation.
Section 2 mandates that, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of National Department of Defense, each person must receive an allowance valued at not less than seventy-five pesos.
Section 2 establishes pay on completion of training for actual combat operations: when assigned to a unit or units of the Regular Force on actual combat operations, the person receives pay and allowances at the same rates prescribed for enlisted men of the Regular Force.
Section 2 authorizes higher pay for non-combat Regular Force assignment: if not in combat operations but assigned to a unit of the Regular Force, the Secretary of National Defense may allow payment of pay and allowances higher than those prescribed herein under regulations.
Section 2 provides overseas duty entitlement: when assigned for service overseas with a unit or units of the Regular Force, the person is entitled to the same rules of pay and allowances prescribed for enlisted men of the Regular Force for overseas duty.

Section 3 mandates that the words “military instruction”, “trainee instruction”, “military training”, “military trainee instruction”, “training”, “instruction”, “training instruction”, and “military service” in the National Defense Act, as amended, are to be understood as “training service”, unless the context provides otherwise.

Section 1 specifies training timing and assignment aftermath: training is for at least six months, and assignment to the Regular Force follows after training.
Section 2 places the regulation power for allowances and certain pay conditions on the Secretary of National Department of Defense / Secretary of National Defense, including allowance rules and higher pay rules for non-combat Regular Force assignment.