Teodoro eyes VISCOM as logistics base for HADR, territorial defense missions

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MANILA – The Visayas Command (VISCOM) will be transformed into a logistics area capable of serving the military's humanitarian assistance and disaster respon...

Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Photo courtesy of DND)

MANILA – The Visayas Command (VISCOM) will be transformed into a logistics area capable of serving the military's humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) and territorial defense missions.

Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., in a statement late Wednesday, said the move is due to VISCOM's central location in the Philippines.

"I reiterate that the VISCOM area will be a central logistics area for territorial defense operations and for internal security logistics once again, because we are the center of the Philippines for a purpose, and that purpose is to be the logistics hub for both areas of the southern Philippines, the Mimaropa Region, and Northern Mindanao," he said.

He said VISCOM's two main bases have already proven their worth in supporting HADR missions when the area was hit by natural disasters.

He was referring to VISCOM’s main headquarters in Camp Lapu-Lapu, Cebu City, and the Brig. Gen. Benito N. Ebuen Air Base in Lapu-Lapu City, Mactan.

VISCOM was formerly known as the Central Command before its renaming on Aug. 11, 2021. (PNA)

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