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Scout Rangers, Marines and Special Action Forces Officers under Investigation and Custody, in Detention, and/or Changed ================= ================= ================= ================= ================= ================= ================= ================= ================= ================= Sen. & Lt. Col. Gregorio Honasan ================= ================= ================= |
Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda: A Playful General and Father Figure Julie S. Alipala, Newsbreak
To many who know him, especially during his years in Mindanao, he was a lighthearted person, making bets with journalists on who was going to quit smoking first, then chuckling like a naughty boy. Officers who've worked with him say he's easy to be with, very informal. So what could have turned him into a rebel? "It may be the influence of the people around him," said one ranking Marine officer. Col. Ariel Querubin, who was one of the leaders of the failed plot, was deputy brigade commander of Miranda in Basilan a few years ago. Miranda, 53, is very accommodating and is the kind who listens, says a senior Marine officer who has worked with him, but "he was not able to balance between compassion for his men and his role as a leader." It was Miranda who espoused the idea of the military as a "fulcrum" in a January 19 command conference. In a fragmented society, he said, competing groups will approach the armed forces seeking a resolution. In the end, he said, the military should take a stand. Third Marine Brigade commander Col. Juancho Sabban, one of the first few Marine officers who openly supported Querubin and Miranda during the standoff, described his previous commandant as "highly respected but he has this humor that can make even a president laugh." Sabban said Miranda "empathizes with his troops and understands their needs. He is not corrupt." Like Sabban, Brig. General Benjamin Dolorfino, deputy commander of Southern Command, also described Miranda as an officer who gives freedom to his staff and field commanders to plan on their own. "He delegates to his staff or subordinates the planning, he suggests and recommends," Dolorfino said. "He is a father figure to the corps." Miranda graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1974 and was deputy commander of the Western Command before he was appointed Marine commandant in July 2005. His was a brief tenure which ended unceremoniously. ===================================== |
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Who
would have expected Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda to be part of a rebel plot?