Adjutant General's Service Badge
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| Adjutant General's Service Badge | |
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| Awarded by the Republic of the Philippines | |
| Type | Military Badge |
| Eligibility | Military Personnel |
| Awarded for | outstanding achievement and performance of duties as part of the Adjutant General's Service, AFP. |
| Status | Currently Awarded |
| Description | The badge is in the form of shield divided into three parts wherein the upper portion is white superimposed by three stars in gold, the right flank is blue and the left flank, red. A plume in anodized silver is superimposed by the shield, with its quill and tail extended beyond the left and the right edges of the badge. The wreath, made of laurel leaves, has its tendril crossed at the base and laid upward convexly at the top portion of the shield.
The shield symbolizes The Adjutant General's Service which is an accepted insigne of authentication; the three stars represent the three major Philippine regions; the gold color denotes majesty of thought and loftiness of ideals which AGS personnel are imbued; the white represents service, the blue for loyalty to principles; and the red for moral courage to do right and withstands pressure; the plume stands for AGS as a competent authenticating authority of the AFP; and the laurel leaves symbolize the authoritative and authentic general administrative services being rendered by the AGS personnel. |
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| Established | 1986 |
| First awarded | 1986 |
| Last awarded | Ongoing |
This is awarded by The Adjutant General, AFP to all members of the AFP performing AGS functions.
For officers to be qualified for the badge, they should have taken AGS training and performing AGS functions, or for those who have not taken the AGS training but performing AGS function for at least one year.
For enlisted personnel to be qualified, they should have taken administrative course, NCO Course and performing other activities related to administrative functions for at least two (2) years or those who have no formal training but performed AGS functions for at least two (2) years.
