Naval Officers to Use Ground and Air Force Ranks

The President acts as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines under the Constitution.
The President issues the decree pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972.
The decree takes effect through the exercise of presidential authority over military administration and personnel management.

The decree recognizes that since the activation of the Philippine Marines as a unit of the Philippine Navy, naval officers assigned with the Marines have continued using naval rank designations.
The decree recognizes that Philippine Navy enlisted personnel assigned with the Philippine Marines already use enlisted rank designations of the Ground and Air Forces.
The decree notes increasing operational and administrative interaction between the Philippine Marines and the Ground and Air Forces.
The decree declares that a common rank designation is necessary to avoid confusion and embarrassment caused by differences in rank designations.

Section 1 authorizes all Philippine Navy officers while assigned with the Philippine Marines to use the Ground and Air Forces rank designation.
Section 1 limits the authorization to the period when the officers are assigned with the Philippine Marines.
The decree addresses the rank designation practice for naval officers assigned with the Marines.

Section 1 provides that Navy officers assigned with the Philippine Marines continue to be carried in the Philippine Navy Seniority and Lineal and Promotion Lists.
Section 1 further provides that the Ground and Air Forces rank designation is used without altering the officers’ continued placement in the specified Philippine Navy personnel lists.

Section 1 requires that when these naval officers are reassigned from the Philippine Marines to the Philippine Navy, they resume the use of their naval rank designation.
The rule applies to the same set of officers covered by the authorization during assignment with the Philippine Marines.

Section 3 requires the Chief of Staff, AFP to issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement the decree.
Section 3 provides that implementation rules are issued subject to the approval of the Secretary of National Defense.

Section 2 amends or modifies laws, rules, and regulations inconsistent with the decree.
Section 2 directs that inconsistent provisions are adjusted accordingly to conform to the decree’s rank-usage authorization.