(Photo from PH Marine Corps / MANILA BULLETIN)
Major General Ariel Caculitan, PMC Commandant, recognized the heroism of the Marine Corps 4th Water Search and Rescue Team represented by Staff Sergeant Donald Ganalon in a simple ceremony at the Marine Barracks in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Tuesday.
As cries for help flooded social media, Ganalon wasted no time in assembling his team as they led the non-stop search and rescue efforts of the Philippine Marines in Marikina City and Rizal province during the onslaught of typhoon Ulysses.
Ganalon’s team saved 188 persons from Marikina and Rizal, both areas which were badly hit by the storm, until the rains and flood subsided.
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(Photo from PMC / MANILA BULLETIN)
Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo, Flag Officer in Command of the Philippine Navy, presided over the joint change of command and retirement ceremony held at the Marine Barracks Rudiardo Brown in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City last Friday.
Bacordo expressed confidence that the Marines will be able to sustain its operational gains under the leadership of Caculitan, whom he described as “an accomplished and highly-skilled Marine officer.”
Caculitan belongs to the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) “Makatao” Class of 1989 and has several top notch awards under his name.
He graduated on top of his class at the AFP Command and General Staff Course Class 45 in 2007. He also earned the “Best Flying Award” as a naval aviator and an awardee of the 2015 “Ten Outstanding Filipino Soldiers” by the Metrobank Foundation.