ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Army’s 1st Infantry Division (ID) has welcomed its new legal officer and awarded medals to six other officers and personnel for exemplary performance of duty.
In a statement Wednesday, the 1ID identified its new legal officer as Capt. Rainer Rhett Concha and the medal awardees as 1st Lt. Eva Yvonnie Wares; 2nd Lt. Patrizia Elean Mallari; Private First Class (PFC) Jessa Enguio; 1st Lt. Lady Lee Gilvero; Cpl. Joricel Santos; and, Lt. Col. Janet Laurena.
Concha, before his assignment to the command, was the legal officer of the Office of the Judge Advocate General of Joint Task Force-Sulu, Office of the Army Judge Advocate, Office of the Army Inspector General, and the 4th Infantry Division.
Wares, meanwhile, was awarded the Silver Cross Medal for her contribution to the recent neutralization of an NPA leader Marino Daano Anlas alias Ka Victor and the recovery of his high-powered firearm.
The 1ID said Anlas was the 1st squad leader of HQ KALAW of the NPA’s Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee.
Mallari and Enguio each received the Military Merit Medal (MMM) as they provided effective and efficient healthcare services to soldiers, dependents, and civilians at Kuta Cesar Sang-an Station Hospital.
The same MMMs were pinned to Gilvero and Santos as part of the arrival honors rendered on March 14 to Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner, the Philippine Army commander.
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Generoso Ponio, 1ID commander, awarded the MMM and the command plaque to Lt. Col. Janet Laurena, the former commander of the 1ID’s headquarters and headquarters service battalion, for the excellent services rendered from 2020 to 2022.
Laurena has been reassigned to the 12th Installation Management Battalion (IMB) effective March 25 after the Philippine Army deactivated the 1ID’s headquarters and headquarters service battalion, as it also activated the 12IMB on the same day at Camp Major Cesar Sang-an.
The activation transferred the base support functions to the 12IMB and enabled the 1ID to focus on its core mission. (PNA)
