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Executive Orders

Granting Enlisted Personnel, Draftees and Trainees Combat Clothing While Assigned or Detailed With Combat Units

Executive Order No. 755

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 755 December 21, 1981

GRANTING ENLISTED PERSONNEL, DRAFTEES AND TRAINEES COMBAT CLOTHING WHILE ASSIGNED OR DETAILED WITH COMBAT UNITS

WHEREAS, continuous exposure of military personnel to elements during combat operations shorten the life expectancy of their uniform and equipment;

WHEREAS, as a consequence, issued clothing and monthly clothing maintenance allowance are inadequate to maintain the minimum sets of uniform prescribed by regulations; and

WHEREAS, as incentive, it is imperative to provide combat clothing over and above that authorized by existing laws and regulations.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order and direct, that:

1. Combat clothing in kind be granted to each enlisted personnel, draftee or trainee of the Armed Forces of the Philippines while he is assigned or detailed with units engaged in actual combat operations. Said combat clothing shall be over and above that authorized by existing laws and regulations and to be issued once a year. Provided, That before...

Summary of Executive Order No. 755

Granting Combat Clothing to Military Personnel
- Enlisted personnel, draftees, and trainees of the Armed Forces of the Philippines assigned or detailed with units engaged in actual combat operations shall be granted combat clothing in kind once a year. (Section 1)
- The combat clothing shall be over and above that authorized by existing laws and regulations. (Section 1)
- To be eligible, the personnel must have completed at least six (6) months of service with a combat unit. (Section 1)
- The Minister of National Defense, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Staff, AFP, shall prescribe the items of combat clothing and the quantity of each item to be issued. (Section 1)
- The Minister of National Defense shall formulate and issue the necessary rules and regulations to carry out this order. (Section 2)
- The order took effect immediately upon issuance on December 21, 1981. (Section 3)

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