Armed Forces of the Philippines

Armed Forces of the Philippines
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas
	Seal of the Philippine Armed Forces
	Flag of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Motto	"Protecting the People, Securing the State"
Founded	December 21, 1935
Service branches	Philippine Army; Philippine Air Force; Philippine Navy; ∟ Philippine Marine Corps;
Headquarters	Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines
Website	www.afp.mil.ph/index.php
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	President Bongbong Marcos
Secretary of National Defense	Gilberto C. Teodoro
Chief of Staff	GEN Romeo S. Brawner Jr., PA
Vice Chief of Staff	LTGEN Arthur M. Cordura, PAF
The Deputy Chief of Staff	LTGEN Charlton Sean M. Gaerlan, PN(M)
Armed Forces of the Philippines Sergeant Major	FCMS Feliciano M. Lazo, PA
Personnel
Military age	18–56 years old
Conscription	Optional through Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Basic Citizen's Military Training (BCMT) or voluntary service
Active personnel	150,000 (2024)
Reserve personnel	1,400,000 Ready Reserves ; (2024)
Expenditures
Budget	₱285.690 billion; US$ 5.10 billion (2024)
Percent of GDP	0.98% (2024)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	List Government Arsenal; Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation; Steelcraft Industrial and Development Corporation; Asian Armored Vehicle Technologies Corporation; FERFRANS; Armscor (Philippines); Joavi Philippines Corporation; United Defense Manufacturing Corporation; Propmech Corporation; Colorado Shipyard; Philippine Iron Construction and Marine Works, Inc.; Aces Marine & Links Industrial Corporation; Scan Marine Inc.; Pacificfortia Marine Technologies, Inc.; Stone of David Corporation; Stoneworks Specialist International Corporation;
Related articles
History	Military history of the Philippines; List of wars involving the Philippines; List of conflicts in the Philippines List of engagements Philippine Revolution; Spanish–American War; Philippine–American War; World War II; Korean War; Hukbalahap Rebellion; Communist Insurgencies; Vietnam War; Gulf War; 1989 Coup d' Etat; United Nations Peacekeeping; War on terror; International Force East Timor; Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines; Multi-National Force – Iraq; Iraq War; Oakwood mutiny; Manila Peninsula siege; Spratly Islands Dispute; Scarborough Shoal standoff; Moro conflict; Operation Darkhorse; International military intervention against ISIL; Battle of Camp Abubakar; Battle of Zamboanga; 2016 Butig clashes; Battle of Marawi; Anti-piracy operations in Sulu and Celebes Sea;
Ranks	Military ranks of the Philippines; Cadet rank in the Philippines

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (Filipino: Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) are the military forces of the Philippines. It consists of three main service branches; the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy (including the Marine Corps). The President of the Philippines is the Commander-in-Chief of the AFP and forms military policy with the Department of National Defense, an executive department acting as the principal organ by which military policy is carried out, while the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines serves as the overall commander and the highest-ranking officer in the AFP.

Founded under the National Defense Act of 1935, while tracing its roots to the Philippine Revolutionary Army, the AFP has played an integral part in the country's history. The AFP has also been involved in various conflicts, such as combatting rebellion against the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its attached organizations, the New People's Army (NPA) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF), and operations against local Islamic terrorists in Mindanao. The AFP has also been part of various peacekeeping operations around the world, as part of its contribution to the United Nations. At present, military service is entirely voluntary.

As a result of the diminished number of active communist rebels and jihadist groups in the 2020s, the AFP has been shifting its primary focus from handling internal threats such as insurgency and local terrorism to defending the Philippine territory from external threats.

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