Full Name
Colonel Arlene Frage
Position
Chief of the Office of the AFP Gender and Development
Organization
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Speaker Bio
COL ARLENE AQUINO FRAGE O-11039
ARMOR (GENERAL STAFF CORPS) PHILIPPINE ARMY
THE SPEAKER HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST FEMALE COMPANY COMMANDER OF A COMBAT UNIT IN THE HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY.
SHE IS A GRADUATE OF OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (MAKATARUNGAN) CLASS 08-92. SHE FINISHED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ZOOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF STO TOMAS AND HOLDS A MASTER’S DEGREE IN DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT FROM THE ASIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT.
SHE IS A FULL-BLOODED ARMOR OFFICER AS SHE PERFORMED HER COMBAT DUTY AND HELD DIFFERENT POSITIONS AS PLATOON LEADER, BATTALION AND COMPANY STAFF OFFICER, COMPANY COMMANDER AND AS BATTALION COMMANDER AT THE ARMOR UNITS. HER SUPERB COMMANDERSHIP OF 8TH LIGHT ARMOR COMPANY (OR 8LAC) OF THE FORMER LIGHT ARMOR BRIGADE OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY EARNED THE UNIT THE AWARD OF THE “BEST LIGHT ARMOR COMPANY” IN 2001.
SHE HELD KEY POSITIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ARMY AND GENERAL HEADQUARTERS LEVEL. SHE HAS TRAINED AND MENTORED SEVERAL CLASSES OF CADETS IN THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY AND BATCHES OF CANDIDATE SOLDIERS. SHE WAS ALSO DEPLOYED TO PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN HAITI, AND BECAME THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 8TH INFANTRY DIVISION, PHILIPPINE ARMY.
AT THE AFP PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS CENTER, AS OPERATIONS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SHE INITIATED SYSTEMS REFORMS BACKED-UP WITH STUDIES/PROPOSALS WHICH WERE ADOPTED FOR THE PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT. AS G5 OF THE AFP RESERVE COMMAND, SUBMITTED MAJOR STUDY FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE REPUBLIC ACT 7077.
SHE TOOK THE NATIONAL SECURITY COURSE IN KOREA NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY THAT MADE HER EARN THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ACCREDITATION IN 2020. HER STUDY, “THE PHILIPPINES’ NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS (NSRC): AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS LAWS AND UTILIZATION FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.”
COL AQUINO-FRAGE, IN HER CURRENT POST IS EXERTING EFFORTS TO FASTRACK THE GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN THE AFP AND THE MAJOR SERVICES DONE THROUGH THE CONDUCT OF THE GAD AUDIT TO UNITS, CONSULTATIONS AND ADVOCACIES TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, REVIEW AND FORMULATION OF GAD-RELATED POLICIES, CRAFTING FOR PUBLICATION OF GAD-RELATED MATERIALS, AND MANY OTHERS.
CURRENTLY THE CHIEF OF THE OFFICE OF THE AFP GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE, COL ARLENE AQUINO FRAGE ARMOR GENERAL STAFF CORPS PHILIPPINE ARMY.
ARMOR (GENERAL STAFF CORPS) PHILIPPINE ARMY
THE SPEAKER HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST FEMALE COMPANY COMMANDER OF A COMBAT UNIT IN THE HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY.
SHE IS A GRADUATE OF OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (MAKATARUNGAN) CLASS 08-92. SHE FINISHED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ZOOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF STO TOMAS AND HOLDS A MASTER’S DEGREE IN DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT FROM THE ASIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT.
SHE IS A FULL-BLOODED ARMOR OFFICER AS SHE PERFORMED HER COMBAT DUTY AND HELD DIFFERENT POSITIONS AS PLATOON LEADER, BATTALION AND COMPANY STAFF OFFICER, COMPANY COMMANDER AND AS BATTALION COMMANDER AT THE ARMOR UNITS. HER SUPERB COMMANDERSHIP OF 8TH LIGHT ARMOR COMPANY (OR 8LAC) OF THE FORMER LIGHT ARMOR BRIGADE OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY EARNED THE UNIT THE AWARD OF THE “BEST LIGHT ARMOR COMPANY” IN 2001.
SHE HELD KEY POSITIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ARMY AND GENERAL HEADQUARTERS LEVEL. SHE HAS TRAINED AND MENTORED SEVERAL CLASSES OF CADETS IN THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY AND BATCHES OF CANDIDATE SOLDIERS. SHE WAS ALSO DEPLOYED TO PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN HAITI, AND BECAME THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 8TH INFANTRY DIVISION, PHILIPPINE ARMY.
AT THE AFP PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS CENTER, AS OPERATIONS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SHE INITIATED SYSTEMS REFORMS BACKED-UP WITH STUDIES/PROPOSALS WHICH WERE ADOPTED FOR THE PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT. AS G5 OF THE AFP RESERVE COMMAND, SUBMITTED MAJOR STUDY FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE REPUBLIC ACT 7077.
SHE TOOK THE NATIONAL SECURITY COURSE IN KOREA NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY THAT MADE HER EARN THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ACCREDITATION IN 2020. HER STUDY, “THE PHILIPPINES’ NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS (NSRC): AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS LAWS AND UTILIZATION FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.”
COL AQUINO-FRAGE, IN HER CURRENT POST IS EXERTING EFFORTS TO FASTRACK THE GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN THE AFP AND THE MAJOR SERVICES DONE THROUGH THE CONDUCT OF THE GAD AUDIT TO UNITS, CONSULTATIONS AND ADVOCACIES TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, REVIEW AND FORMULATION OF GAD-RELATED POLICIES, CRAFTING FOR PUBLICATION OF GAD-RELATED MATERIALS, AND MANY OTHERS.
CURRENTLY THE CHIEF OF THE OFFICE OF THE AFP GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE, COL ARLENE AQUINO FRAGE ARMOR GENERAL STAFF CORPS PHILIPPINE ARMY.
