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Fort Magsaysay
Fort Ramon Magsaysay, also known as the Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation (FMMR) and sometimes shortened to Fort Mag, is the largest military reservation in the Philippines and serves as a key training area for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Fort Magsaysay spans the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Aurora, encompassing the city of Palayan and the municipalities of Santa Rosa, General Tinio, Laur, and Dingalan.
On December 10, 1955, President Ramon Magsaysay enacted the 73,000 hectares (180,000 acres) base centered in Palayan City. The reservation covers the municipalities of Papaya (now General Tinio), Santa Rosa and Laur, all of the province of Nueva Ecija and portion of Aurora province. The reservation is used for military training and live-fire exercises.
In its infancy, Fort Magsaysay hosted the Army Training Command (ATC), which provided basic training for enlisted personnel and officers and advanced training in some specialties such as infantry and artillery.
As one of the main training grounds of the Philippine Army, Fort Magsaysay hosted the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC, now the Training Command (TRACOM)) a couple of times in its history. Currently, TRACOM is located in Camp O'Donnell, but majority of the field exercises are conducted in Fort Magsaysay.
During martial law, Senators Jose W. Diokno and Ninoy Aquino were incarcerated in Fort Magsaysay for exactly thirty days after President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972. It is now called the Aquino-Diokno Memorial and is home to the AFP Center for Human Rights.
In 1991, Mount Pinatubo's eruption led to the Philippine government to relocate some of the residents of the volcano and Fort Magsaysay was one of the relocation sites. Almost two decades later, the Philippine Army remains in conflict with tenant farmers, as the latter have been ordered evicted from the military reservation.
Fort Magsaysay's vast tracts of land has time and again attracted a number of claimants, without escaping controversy. In some occasions, illegal loggers have found their way into the reservation.
On September 21, 2012, President Benigno Aquino III led the observance of the 40th anniversary of Martial Law under Ferdinand Marcos by opening the Aquino-Diokno Memorial, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Center for Human Rights Dialogue inside Fort Magsaysay and the museum-replica of the 1973 detention facility of Ninoy (Codenamed: Alpha) and Diokno (Codenamed: Delta).[1][2]
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Fort Magsaysay
Fort Ramon Magsaysay, also known as the Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation (FMMR) and sometimes shortened to Fort Mag, is the largest military reservation in the Philippines and serves as a key training area for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Fort Magsaysay spans the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Aurora, encompassing the city of Palayan and the municipalities of Santa Rosa, General Tinio, Laur, and Dingalan.
On December 10, 1955, President Ramon Magsaysay enacted the 73,000 hectares (180,000 acres) base centered in Palayan City. The reservation covers the municipalities of Papaya (now General Tinio), Santa Rosa and Laur, all of the province of Nueva Ecija and portion of Aurora province. The reservation is used for military training and live-fire exercises.
In its infancy, Fort Magsaysay hosted the Army Training Command (ATC), which provided basic training for enlisted personnel and officers and advanced training in some specialties such as infantry and artillery.
As one of the main training grounds of the Philippine Army, Fort Magsaysay hosted the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC, now the Training Command (TRACOM)) a couple of times in its history. Currently, TRACOM is located in Camp O'Donnell, but majority of the field exercises are conducted in Fort Magsaysay.
During martial law, Senators Jose W. Diokno and Ninoy Aquino were incarcerated in Fort Magsaysay for exactly thirty days after President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972. It is now called the Aquino-Diokno Memorial and is home to the AFP Center for Human Rights.
In 1991, Mount Pinatubo's eruption led to the Philippine government to relocate some of the residents of the volcano and Fort Magsaysay was one of the relocation sites. Almost two decades later, the Philippine Army remains in conflict with tenant farmers, as the latter have been ordered evicted from the military reservation.
Fort Magsaysay's vast tracts of land has time and again attracted a number of claimants, without escaping controversy. In some occasions, illegal loggers have found their way into the reservation.
On September 21, 2012, President Benigno Aquino III led the observance of the 40th anniversary of Martial Law under Ferdinand Marcos by opening the Aquino-Diokno Memorial, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Center for Human Rights Dialogue inside Fort Magsaysay and the museum-replica of the 1973 detention facility of Ninoy (Codenamed: Alpha) and Diokno (Codenamed: Delta).[1][2]