Maritime League Vice President VAdm Emilio C Marayag Jr. was elected President and Board Chairman of the Association of General and Flag Officers, Inc. (AGFO) for the year 2022. He was the former Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chairman of the Membership and Ethics Committee. He joined the 15-man Board in 2019 and was recently re-elected as a Director for another 3-year term.
Established in 1965, AGFO is a non-profit organization that aims to uphold and support the Philippine Constitution, preserve and protect democracy, promote veterans’ welfare, help sustain the morale, discipline and esprit de corps of the AFP and other uniformed services, and maintain highest ethical standards and proper decorum among its members. The 900-man organization consists of active and retired star-ranked officers from the military and other uniformed services –PNP, PCG, BJMP and BFP.
The new AGFO President announced that the Board and his management team will work for the publication of the fourth edition of the members’ Registry Book, the resumption of the quarterly newsletters and fellowship forum, the recruitment of new members, and the expansion of advocacy efforts. Many annual activities in 2020 and 2021 were either suspended or scrapped due to the pandemic but AGFO embarked on the vaccination of members and dependents through coordination with and cooperation of the Department of National Defense, the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office, and the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC). AGFO members donated an ambulance to VMMC during the early stages of the pandemic to assist in the transport of patients.
Vice Admiral Marayag brings into AGFO his leadership and management experiences in other organizations including the Maritime League and its journal, the Maritime Review.
Under the helm of VAdm Emilio C Marayag AFP(Ret) as President, the AGFO Officers for 2022 is composed of: PMGen German B Doria PN(Ret), Vice President; BGen Alejandro Camagay AFP(Ret), Corporate Treasurer; BGen Andrew Regacho AFP(Ret), Corporate Auditor; BGen Robert T Romero AFP(Ret), Corporate Secretary; MGen Alphonsus P Crucero AFP(Ret), Executive Director; LTGen Edilberto P Adan AFP(Ret), Director; BGen Restituto L Aguilar AFP(Ret), Director; PBGen Jose C Bandong Jr. PNP(Ret), Director; PBGen Crisogono Francisco PNP(Ret), Director; MGen Jose C Lapus AFP(Ret), Director; LTGen Oscar H Rabena AFP(Ret), Director; and Commo Amado A Sanglay AFP(Ret), Director.