MANILA, Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Philippine Navy vice commander Rear Admiral Adeluis Bordado as the Navy’s new Flag Officer in Command.
Bordado, a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1988, will succeed Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo, who stepped down on Tuesday (June 8), a day before he reached the mandatory retirement age of 56.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana will preside over the change of command ceremony at the Navy headquarters in Manila.
Bordado will serve for at least 15 months until his mandatory retirement age. Some of his previous assignments were as naval chief of staff, chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines …
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