Authority and coverage
- The President promulgates rules covering the detail and/or assignment of military personnel to civilian offices and officials under the powers vested by the Constitution and laws of the Philippines.
- The rules govern how military personnel may be assigned or detailed to specific civilian offices and civilian officials, including government offices, agencies, and entities.
- The rules cover details to civilian government offices or officials and may also cover details involving private entities or persons when in the public interest.
- The rules exclude coverage for a specific category: army, air force, and naval attaches to Philippine diplomatic missions abroad.
Authorized aides-de-camp and assistants
- Paragraph 1 entitles certain officials and officers to army, air force, and naval Aides-de-Samp.
- The entitled persons under paragraph 1 include:
- The President, in a number and grades the President determines.
- The Secretary of National Defense, in a number and grades the Secretary of National Defense determines.
- General or flag officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in active service, in such number and grades as the Secretary of National Defense determines.
- General or flag officers of the Armed Forces, whether active, inactive, or retired, who are appointed Philippine diplomatic representatives of the rank of minister or higher, in such number and grades as may be prescribed by the Secretary of National Defense for general and flag officers in active service.
- Paragraph 2(a) allows Military Assistants to be assigned to the Office of the Secretary of National Defense in such number and grades as the Secretary may determine.
- Paragraph 2(b) requires President approval before Military Assistants may be assigned to:
- The Office of the Vice-President,
- The Senate President, and
- The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- Paragraph 2(c) requires that Military Assistants:
- Must be in the active service of the Armed Forces,
- Receive the pay and allowances of their respective grades and ranks in the Armed Forces,
- Receive such additional allowances and per diems as law and rules and regulations allow.
Personal Military Assistants limits
- Paragraph 3 authorizes the Secretary of National Defense to assign Personal Military Assistants to specified civilian officials and eligible diplomatic representatives.
- Personal Military Assistants may be assigned to:
- The Vice-President,
- The Senate President,
- The Speaker of the House of Representatives, or
- Any Philippine diplomatic representative of the rank of minister or higher who is not otherwise entitled to an aide-de-camp.
- Only one Personal Military Assistant is allowed for each of the listed officials at any one time (paragraph 3(a)).
- The Personal Military Assistant’s rank must not be higher than Captain or Lieutenant Senior Grade (paragraph 3(b)).
- During the period of assignment, the Personal Military Assistant must not collect from the Armed Forces any allowances, traveling expenses, or per diems other than the pay and allowances (for the assistant’s grade, rank, and rating) the assistant would receive if on regular assignment or detail with units of the Armed Forces (paragraph 3(c)).
Liaison officers to offices
- Paragraph 4 empowers the Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines to assign or detail a liaison officer to a government office, agency, or entity.
- The liaison officer is an Armed Forces liaison officer in the army, air force, or navy.
- The liaison officer assignment or detail under paragraph 4 must be done by arrangement with the head of the government office, agency, or entity.
Security guards detail to civilian and private
- Paragraph 5 authorizes the President, the Secretary of National Defense, or the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to detail Armed Forces security guards.
- Security guards may be detailed to any civilian government office or official, or to any private entity or person.
- The detail is allowed when it would be in the public interest as determined by the official ordering the same.
Additional commissioned officer details
- Paragraph 6 authorizes the President, pursuant to law, to assign or detail commissioned officers of the Armed Forces to any civilian government office.
Exemption for diplomatic attaches
- Paragraph 7 provides that Executive Order No. 67 does not regulate or apply to the assignment or detail of army, air force, and naval attaches to the Philippine diplomatic mission abroad.