Appointment rules by branch/service
- Section 1 requires that appointments of officers in commissioned officer grades below that of brigadier general may be made in the Air Force, the Navy, the Judge Advocate General’s Service, the Chaplain Service, and each medical corps; otherwise, appointments are made in the Regular Force without specification of branch, arm or service.
- Section 1 provides that officers appointed without specification of branch, arm, or service are assigned—and may be transferred or reassigned—by the Secretary of National Defense among branches, arms, and services of the Regular Force, excluding the Judge Advocate General’s Service, Chaplain Service, and the several corps of the Medical Service.
- Section 1 allows transfer to but not from the Air Force and the Navy.
- Section 1 requires the Secretary of National Defense to determine, from time to time, the authorized active list of commissioned officer strength separately for the Air Force, Navy, Judge Advocate General’s Service, Chaplain Service, and the medical corps, within the authorized active list of commissioned officer strength of the Regular Force and any legal limitations.
- Section 1 provides that persons already holding office in the Regular Force in commissioned officer grades under appointments in branches/arms/services excluding the Air Force, Navy, Judge Advocate General’s Service, Chaplain Service, and the medical corps are deemed to hold such offices under appointments in the Regular Force without specification of branch, arm, or service.
Promotion list percentages and limits
- Section 2 directs that authorized numbers in each grade for each promotion list are prescribed by the Secretary of National Defense by a schedule of percentages in each grade for each list.
- Section 2 sets maximum percentage caps of total Armed Forces officer strength for each promotion list as follows:
- 4% in the grade of colonel
- 10% in the grade of lieutenant-colonel
- 16% in the grade of major
- 21% in the grade of captain
- 48½% in the combined grades of first and second lieutenants
- Section 2 provides that for the Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Judge Advocate General’s Service, and Chaplain Service, there are no second-lieutenants, and the numbers authorized in the grade of first lieutenant are all those not authorized in higher grade.
- Section 2 allows numbers to be authorized for any grade in any promotion list in lieu of authorizations in higher grades.
- Section 2 states the percentage-limitation rule does not require a reduction in permanent grade of any officer holding a permanent appointment in any grade under existing conditions.
Dedicated promotion lists created
- Section 2 establishes the promotion lists structure, separating officers by organization/service.
- Section 2 provides that the Regular Force promotion list contains the names of all promotion list officers except officers of the Air Force, Navy, Judge Advocate General’s Service, Chaplain Service, and the medical corps.
- Section 2 creates an Air Force promotion list containing all promotion list officers of the Air Force.
- Section 2 creates a Navy promotion list containing all promotion list officers of the Navy.
- Section 2 creates a Judge Advocate General’s Service promotion list containing all promotion list officers of the Judge Advocate General’s Service.
- Section 2 creates a Chaplain Service promotion list containing all promotion list officers of the Chaplain Service.
Initial appointments for Chaplain Service
- Section 3 requires that, except where authorized or otherwise expressly provided by law, all initial appointments of Regular Officers are in the grade of second lieutenant.
- Section 3 grants priority for filling vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant in this order:
- first, graduates of the Philippine Military Academy, United States Military or Naval Academies, or Philippine Air Force or United States Air Force Flying Schools
- second, honor graduates of senior military training units in schools and colleges
- third, enlisted men who served at least one full term of enlistment in the AFP and have other qualifications prescribed by the Secretary of National Defense
- fourth, others with qualifications prescribed by the Secretary of National Defense
- Section 3 provides a specific rule for the Judge Advocate General’s Service, the Chaplain Service, the Medical Corps, and the Dental Corps: original appointments must be in the grade of first lieutenant.
- Section 3 requires the applicants for these services to be not less than twenty-five nor more than thirty-five years of age.
- Section 3 imposes experience/qualification minimums:
- Judge Advocate General’s Service: at least two years engaged in the practice of law
- Chaplain Service: at least two years engaged in the practice of the ministry or priesthood
- Medical Corps / Dental Corps: at least two years engaged in the practice of medicine or dentistry, as applicable
- Section 3 authorizes the President to appoint professors without military rank for the Military Academy, with compensation as the President prescribes, or to carry them in commissioned grades as the President determines; such professors are carried as a separate roster in addition to the number of commissioned officers prescribed.
Promotion before completion of service
- Section 4 allows promotions from within promotion lists where there are vacancies in the promotion list grades of first-lieutenant and captain.
- Section 4 provides that officers in the promotion list grade of second-lieutenant may be promoted and appointed to the grade of first-lieutenant.
- Section 4 provides that officers in the promotion list grade of first-lieutenant may be promoted and appointed to the grade of captain.
- Section 4 permits these promotions before completion of the following service requirements: three years for promotion to first-lieutenant and seven years for promotion to captain.
- Section 4 directs that, for promotion in the Air Force, Navy, Judge Advocate General’s Service, Chaplain Service, and the medical corps, the required years of service for purposes of Section 6 (a) and (b) are those the Secretary of National Defense shall prescribe.
Chief of Staff eligibility restrictions
- Section 5 provides that the President selects the officer best qualified for Chief of Staff from among officers in the permanent grade of brigadier-general and colonel.
- Section 5 requires that an officer in the permanent grade of colonel must have completed at least one year’s service in that grade before being nominated or appointed to occupy the office of Chief of Staff.
- Section 5 bars officers appointed in the Judge Advocate General’s Service, the Chaplain Service, and the several corps of the Medical Service from eligibility for nomination or appointment to the office of Chief of Staff.
Equipment/terminology alignment in AFP
- Section 6 provides that all references to the Air Corps in the “Armed Forces Personnel Act of Nineteen hundred and forty-eight” shall henceforth pertain to the Philippine Air Force.
- Section 6 provides that all references to Naval Patrol in the same law shall henceforth pertain to the Philippine Navy.
Effectivity
- Section 7 provides that Republic Act No. 1069 takes effect upon approval.
- Republic Act No. 1069 was approved on June 12, 1954.