Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo (CGEA), also known as Camp Aguinaldo, is the site of the general headquarters (GHQ) of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines
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(AFP) located in eastern
Metro Manila
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, the
Philippines
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.
It is located in
Quezon City
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along
EDSA
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, a major thoroughfare of the metropolis, to which it is across
Camp Crame, the national headquarters (NHQ) of the
Philippine National Police (PNP). The
military installation is named after Philippine revolutionary leader
Emilio Aguinaldo, who became the first
Philippine president and fought in the
Philippine Revolution, the
Spanish–American War
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, and the
Philippine–American War.
Land
The combined areas of both Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame covers a total land area of , with being part of a deed of donation from the Ortigas and Company Partnership Limited in the 1950s. The company had originally acquired these lands as estate holdings from the
Augustinian Order
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, such as the ''Hacienda de Mandaluyon''.
Camp Aguinaldo occupies of this total area,
of which hectares were purchased by the government and the remaining hectares were donated by Ortigas and Company.
History
Camp Aguinaldo was established on January 11, 1935 as Camp Murphy, including
Zablan Field, which acted as an
airstrip
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. It was named in honor of the first
American High Commissioner to the Philippines Frank Murphy
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. It was renamed Camp General
Emilio Aguinaldo in 1965, after the first president of the Philippines. The
Philippine Constabulary
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General Service Battalion was the first to use the camp in January 1935. In December of that year, the National Defense Act paved the way for the formation of the
Philippine Army
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.
It also designated the
Philippine Constabulary
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as the Army Constabulary Division,
which maintains its peacekeeping mission under the DND.
In June 1938, the Army Constabulary Division was separated from the
Philippine Army
The Philippine Army (PA) (Tagalog: ''Hukbong Katihan ng Pilipinas''; in literal English: ''Army of the Ground of the Philippines''; in literal Spanish: ''Ejército de la Tierra de la Filipinas'') is the main, oldest and largest branch of the ...
and was reformed to become the National Police Force under the
Department of Interior.
After
World War II
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, Camp Murphy was divided into two camps—
Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo. The Zablan Field's former Japanese runways now forms the roads of White Plains Avenue and a portion of Katipunan Avenue, just in front of White Plains subdivisions.
On November 21, 2013, Civic Groups and Volunteers were to be transferred to Camp Emilio Aguinaldo from
Villamor Air Base
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in Pasay. It was done to give more storage spaces for those who were part of
Oplan Salubong. All relief supports including food, medical and transportation services were to be transferred to Camp Aguinaldo together with the DSWD in the benefit of
Typhoon ''Yolanda'' survivors.
In March 2019, the
DOTr announced that the
Katipunan station of the Metro Manila Subway is planned to be built underneath a portion of the camp's property, along the intersection of
Katipunan Avenue and
Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue, in order to boost property values in the area and generate investments for the government .
Barangay
The military installation is situated in its own
administrative division
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as a
barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolita ...
of
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was fou ...
, known as Barangay Camp Aguinaldo. Prior to this, Camp Aguinaldo was part of
Barangay Socorro until the namesake barangay was created through Executive Order No. 29 signed by
Mayor
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Norberto S. Amoranto on June 25, 1975. At the time of creation, the barangay had 250 households and a voting population of 800 people.
The land boundaries of Barangay Camp Aguinaldo are defined by
Boni Serrano Avenue (formerly known as Santolan Road) to the north,
EDSA
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to the west, White Plains Avenue to the south, and the eastern perimeter of the base to the east.
Some non-military establishments can be found near the northern boundary with Barangay Socorro along Boni Serrano Avenue, such as the Saint Ignatius de Loyola Parish Church and the Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo High School.
Its barangay hall can be located at the intersection of Road 3 and Gozar Street.
See also
*
Philippine Constabulary
The Philippine Constabulary (PC; tl, Hukbóng Pamayapà ng Pilipinas, ''HPP''; es, Policía de Filipinas, ''PF'') was a gendarmerie-type police force of the Philippines from 1901 to 1991, and the predecessor to the Philippine National Po ...
*
Philippine Military Academy
The Philippine Military Academy ( fil, Akademiyang Militar ng Pilipinas / es, Academia Militar de Filipinas) also referred to by its acronym PMA is the premier military academy for Filipinos aspiring for a commission as a military officer of ...
*
Military history of the Philippines
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Military history of the Philippines during World War II
The Commonwealth of the Philippines was attacked by the Empire of Japan on 8 December 1941, nine hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor (the Philippines is on the Asian side of the international date line). Although it was governed by a semi-ind ...
References
;Citations
;Bibliography
Official Page of the Armed Forces of the Philippines* Pobre, Cesar P. (2006). ''History of the Armed Forces of the Filipino People''. New Day Publishers..
External links
Armed Forces of the Philippines*Camp Murphy, Zablan Airfield, Camp Aguinald
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Aguinaldo
Buildings and structures in Quezon City
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