Vision of the Philippine Marine Corps

Modernization
ur long time-honored tradition of excellence will be our guiding
path as we aggressively cross the threshold of modernization. The
Corps' metamorphosis shall be evident on our troops in the
operational area, as the pillars of our modernization shall all
congregate to shape the totality of their proficiency and relevance.
Our concept of "combined arms" shall be fortified that will further
firm up our stern thrust of reinforcing our current status of combat
readiness and sole provider of an all-arms response team for the
national leadership.

Force Restructuring and Organizational Development

Long before Republic Act 7898 was enacted into a law, the Philippine
Marine Corps has envisioned its major role as a potent amphibious force
based from the trends of both internal and external security landscape.
The Corps strictly follow the time proven concept of "Combined Arms" as
its units are tailored fit to respond to a wide spectrum of tactical
operations. The present organizational structure of the Marine Corps
has been designed to absorb the changes brought about by the phase-
out/phase-in of assets. A major restucturing of its units is the
inclusion special operations capability within the Battalion Landing
Teams implemented in 2001. Other units for enhancement/activation is
the Inshore Boat Company and Air Defence Company. Organizational
development has been achieved that awaits the implementation of asset
acquisitions under the Capability, Materiel, and Technology Development
of PN Modernization as well as the changes brought about by the
development of Marine Base Ternate and Marine Station Sanga-Sanga. On
the other hand, the Marine Corps will experience changes in its current
strength to be attuned with Republic Act 7898 that mandates the AFP to
be compact, efficient, responsive and modern force with the capability
to engage in conventional and/or unconventional warfare, disaster
relief and rescue operations, and contribute to economic development
and other nontraditional military roles. Below is the projected
strength of the Philippine Marine Corps with an Officer to EP Ratio of
1:18.5.
 DISTRIBUTION OF PMC PERSONNEL BY RANK
Officer Enlisted Personnel
GRADE STRENGTH GRADE STRENGTH
O-10
O-9 E-9 7
O-8 1 E-8 26
O-7 2 E-7 488
O-6 25 E-6 932
O-5 53 E-5 1219
O-4 79 E-4 1761
O-3 78 E-3 1465
O-2 98 E-2 1182
O-1 104 E-1 620
Sub Total 440 7700
Aggregate Total 8140
Civilian 61
Human Resource Development
The Philippine Marine Corps envisions having highly disciplined,
professional, focused, skilled, and well-motivated Marines who are
patriotic, service and people-oriented, environment advocates, and,
capable of accomplishing its mission. The Marine Corps shall exhaust
resources with in its reach to address related issues namely:
Procurement, Training, Career Management, Retirement, Promotion,
Remuneration, Personnel, Cultural Values, Reservist, and, Environment.
In accordance with HPN guidance, tabulated below are the measures and
corresponding policies that the Marine Corps will undertake for the
optimal realization of its human resource development.

HR
ACTIVITIES POLICIES
REQUIREMENTS

1. Procurement  Widen recruitment base  Treat personnel procurement as a

major investment

2. Training  Strengthen training  Rationalize the selection of candidates

development and capabilities for schooling

 Pursue specialization of  Emphasize unit/team training

officers.

 Conduct periodic upgrading of

skills.

 Establish performance
validation system.

 Cut short the learning curve

brought by technology

 Sourcing and Pooling of

qualified instructors

3. Career  Create Personnel Data Base  Management of careers must be

Management
 Train Personnel Officers
 Review/validate Fields of
Specialization (FOS)
comprehensive
 Implement rotation policy for field and
garrison duty
 Pre-qualify personnel for assignment

4. Retirement  Strengthen performance-  Implement selective enlistment/re-

evaluation system enlistment

 Create Personnel Data Base  Design livelihood programs

 Provide early retirement  Timely release of retirement benefits
package

5. Promotion  Establish Testing Centers·  Promote qualified personnel

 Enhance library capabilities
 and provide review materials

6. Remuneration  Strengthen discipline, law and  Adopt quality management and

order procedures innovation

 Provide appropriate incentives

and rewards

7. Personnel  Develop and implement  Observe Annual Physical

physical fitness/mental health Examination/Physical Test requirements
programs

8. Cultural Values  Integrate desired  Institutionalize and internalize PN

culture/values in training culture/values
programs

9. Reservist  Conduct mobilization  Operate, train, equip, and maintain

reservist for peace time, wartime, crisis
 Test operability and emergency roles

10. Environment  Active participation in  Provide knowledge and skills regarding

environment related activities protection of environment
Capability, Materiel, and Technology Development
The development of a naval defense capability is one of the set
objectives of Republic Act No. 7898 that involves the development of
amphibious warfare capabilities for the Philippine Marine Corps. The
archipelagic nature of the Philippines is a fertile ground for the
development of a potent amphibious force that can respond to any crisis
at short notice. Due to a sudden security turmoil brought about by
economic, political, and social disturbances that plagued not only the
Philippines but also the entire region, the implementation of the long
sought AFP Modernization Program (AFPMP) was delayed. The delay of the
AFPMP gave birth to a renewed focus from external defense to internal
defense manifested by the Republic Act No. 8551 reverting back Internal
Security Operations (ISO) to the Armed Forces of the Philippines. After
four years of marching in place, the AFPMP finally made its first
stride of implementation with the release of the P5.484 B that
represents the share of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from the
sale of military camps. Associated with the P5.484B is the Re-
prioritized List (RPL) for the AFPMP with front-loaded ISO items that
can be procured off-the-shelf and do not require multi-year contracts.
The Philippine Navy was allocated a total amount of P1.576B of which
the amount of P110.5M was allocated to the Philippine Marine Corps.
With this allocation, the following items representing the mobility,
firepower, and communication (move-shoot-communicate) requirements of
the Marine Corps under its capability development:

ASSETS PROJECTS

MOBILITY Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB)

FIREPOWER  81 mm Mortar
 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW)
 Grenade Launcher (GL)

COMMUNICATION  HF SSB 20W

 VHF 5W (MP)
 VHF 2W (HH)
 Night Vision Goggles

The RPL is only a glimpse of the entire capability development of the

PMC Modernization. Should the AFPMP takes full speed ahead, the Marine
Corps is scheduled for armor assets upgrades and acquisition that will
all be realized with in a time frame of ten (10) years. Shown below are
the normal schedules of PMC capability development:
 PROJECT 1-5 6-10 TOTAL
YEARS YEARS

V-150/V-300 Upgrade in mobility, firepower, C2 & 5 14 19

survivability

Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Acquisition 6 4 10

Doctrines Development
Doctrines development under the AFP Modernization Program (AFPMP)
made its headway from the pronouncement of its Commander In Chief
during on the occasion of the 104th AFP Day. Doctrines are principles
and concepts that are accepted as valid, and are taught and
institutionalized, regarding the organization and employment of forces
for general as well as specific purpose. The numerous achievements of
the Marine Corps in its more than five decades of providing a
dependable force for the national government can be attributed to the
kind of training that every individual Marines acquires in boot camp.
However, the training essentials were never institutionalized. Hence,
the Marine Corps deem vital the development of sound doctrines. To
effectively address doctrines development, the Marine Corps has
established a system with the publication a primer - the Philippine
Marine Corps Modernization for Doctrines Development Revised Series,
published 06 August 2001, the contents of which are generally in
consonance with higher headquarters' intents and purposes. PMC
Doctrines development projects are classified into two categories
namely: Revision of doctrines affected by new capability; and,
Formulation of new doctrines based new and future threats. Shown below
are the PMC doctrines development projects under the AFPMP:

PROJECT CLASSIFICATION PROJECT TITLE PROPONENT

REVISION Marine Special Operations PMC

Riverine and Inshore Operations PHLFLT and PMC

FORMULATION Maneuver Warfare Doctrine NETC, PHLFLT, PMC

Joint Fleet-Marine Operations PHLFLT and PMC

The Marine Corps went beyond the set limits of the doctrines
development under the AFPMP with its firm resolve of institutionalizing
its long cherished tradition of excellence. The Marine Corps pooled the
time-tested concepts and lessons learned from previous campaigns to
come up with doctrines that shall guide commanders on the ground. A
major doctrine formulation effort of the Corps is based on the
archipelagic setting of the Philippines that dictates a Fleet-Marine
doctrine which will serve as the overall concept for the country's
maritime external/internal defence needs and further emphasizing the
Manines unique "amphibious skills" and the "manuever from the sea" of
the Fleet.
 DOCTRINE TITLE STATUS

Ready Force Operations For Test and Evaluation

Personnel Support On-going Development

Marine Intelligence Operations On-going Development

Combat Support Operations On-going Development

Logistics On-going Development

Marine Light Armor Operations For Test and Evaluation

Marine Field Artillery Operations For Test and Evaluation

Scout Sniper Operations For Test and Evaluation

Marine Tri-Media Affairs On-going Development

Education and Training On-going Development

Capability Development For Test and Evaluation

Doctrine Development For Test and Evaluation

Human Resource Development On-going Development

Bases Development On-going Development

Other doctrines projected for development can be found in the Primer for the Philippine
Marine Corps Modernization for Doctrines Development Revised Series dated 06
August 2001.
Bases and Support Systems Development
Republic Act No. 7898 paved the way for the Philippine Marine Corps
to develop a permanent base that the Corps can truly claim as its own.

PROJECT LOCATION TIMELINE

Marine Base Ternate Cavite 2000-2012

Marine Station Sanga-Sanga Tawi-Tawi 2010-2015

Marine Base Ternate that used to be the Calumpang Point Naval

Reservation was originally declared as a U.S. Military Reservation on
17 April 1902 under U.S. War Department General Order No. 56. It was
turned over by the U.S. Government to the Philippines and proclaimed as
a Military Reservation on 20 November 1967 under Presidential
Proclamation No. 307 with an area of 2,897.3112 Hectares. On 06
September 1976, Presidential Proclamation No. 1582-A amended PP No. 307
reducing the area to 808.999 Hectares. The natural landscape of Marine
Base Ternate offers an excellent breeding ground as it duplicates the
traditional operating environment of the Marine Corps. On the other
hand, Marine Station Sanga-Sanga is a 10-hectares estate located in the
in the Province of Tawi-Tawi that was donated to the Marine Corps.

These bases will serve as launching areas for the conduct of naval
and joint operations. Fundamental concerns that will be addressed by
the development of these bases are the logistics, training,
communications, medical and other support systems associated with
Marine Operations. Facilities that will further develop the physical,
mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions of every individual Marine
shall stand as landmarks of these bases. Ecology will not be altered,
as development shall be made following the existing terrain.