2nd Infantry Division (Philippines)

Second Infantry Division

Unit Seal of the 2nd Infantry Division
Active 1936- April 09, 1942 (as 2nd Regular Division, PCA)
May 07, 1942 - June 30, 1946 (as 2nd Infantry Division, PCA)
March 19, 1976 - Present
Country Philippines Philippines
Branch Philippine Army
Type Infantry
Role Conventional Warfare, Anti-Guerrilla Operations
Size 3 Brigades, 8 Battalions. Total is 7000+ soldiers
Part of Under the Philippine Army
Garrison/HQ Camp Mateo Capinpin, Tanay, Rizal
Nickname(s) Jungle Fighter Division
Motto(s) Professional, Competent, and Capable
Mascot(s) Kris
Anniversaries March 19
Engagements World War II
* Philippines Campaign (1941-1942)
* Battle of Bataan (1942)
* Japanese Occupation of the Philippines (1942-1945)
* Philippines Campaign (1944-1945)
* Battle of Luzon (1945)
Communist Insurgency in the Philippines
Anti-guerilla operations against the NPA and local criminal elements
Decorations Presidential Streamer Award
Commanders
Current
commander		 MGen. Romeo G. Gan AFP
Notable
commanders		 MGen Delfin N Bangit AFP, MGen Pedro Cabuoay AFP, MGen Alexander Yano AFP, MGen Fernando L Mesa AFP, MGen. Eduardo D. Del Rosario,
Insignia
Armed Forces Occupational Specialty Insignia

The 2nd Infantry Division, Philippine Army, known officially as the Jungle Fighter Division, is the Philippine Army's primary Infantry unit specializing in jungle warfare. Considered the second defended, hard to defeat camp of the Phil. Army.

History

2nd Regular Division, Philippine Commonwealth Army during World War II under the Japanese Invasion

The 2nd Regular Division, Philippine Commonwealth Army was founded and the military establishment on 1936 to 1942 at the military general headquarters and they stationed in Camp Murphy (now. Camp Emilio Aguinaldo) in Quezon City, Rizal (now. Metro Manila) and Fort William McKinley (now. Fort Andres Bonifacio) in Taguig, Rizal (now. Metro Manila) from the engagements of the Anti-Japanese military operations in Bataan on January 1 to April 9, 1942 and aiding the USAFFE military forces led by General Douglas MacArthur against the Imperial Japanese troops led by General Masaharu Homma during the Battle of Bataan on 1942.

Begins the Battle of Bataan on January 1, 1942, many local troops and officers of the 2nd Regular Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army under by Major General Guillermo Francisco (1936-1942) and we sending the combat operations on Bataan and helpful to the defending USAFFE forces under by General Douglas MacArthur against the Japanese forces under by General Masaharu Homma begins the main battle commands on Bataan from February to April 1942. Before the three months and one year battles for the fall of Bataan, local troops and officers of the 2nd Regular Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and they supporting the USAFFE forces was fought side by side in Bataan and attacking Japanese troops include the Layac Line, Porac-Guagua Line, Abucay-Mauban Line, Battle of Trail 2, the Battle of the Pockets and the Battle of the Points before the invasion at Mount Samat on April 3, 1942. In April 3, 1942 on Good Friday, the invasion of all local military forces under the 2nd Regular Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army enters and invaded the fall of Mount Samat in Bataan and help USAFFE military forces and attacking Japanese troops. After the Battle of Bataan on April 9, 1942, the local forces under the Philippine Commonwealth Army 2nd Regular Division was surrenders to the Imperial Japanese troops in Bataan was captured and they walking the march of all Filipino and American POW's around in Mariveles, Bataan to Camp O'Donnell in Capas, Tarlac was start the Bataan Death March.

The aftermath of the fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942 by the surrendering troopers of the PCA 2nd Regular Division by the Japanese hands in Bataan.

2nd Infantry Division, Philippine Army during the Post-War Era

On February 1, 1970, the 2nd Infantry Brigade (Separate) was activated. Its first Headquarters was based in Camp Vicente Lim in Canlubang, Calamba City and later, was moved to Barangay Sampaloc, Tanay, Rizal. Camp Capinpin, the present camp, was named after Brigadier General Mateo M Capinpin, the intrepid soldier of the 21st Division, Philippine Army, USAFFE who rose from the ranks during World War II. It is strategically situated at the foothills of the scenic Sierra Madre Mountains with an elevation of 1,400 feet above sea level and 70 kilometers east of Manila. On March 19, 1976, the Brigade was upgraded and reorganized into a full Infantry Division of the Philippine Army. Since then, twenty five (25) Commanders have already assumed Command of the 2nd Infantry Division.

The 2nd Infantry Division, Philippine Army was founded and the military establishment on March 19, 1976 at Camp Mateo Capinpin in Barangay Sampaloc, Tanay, Rizal from the engagements of the assigned to combat the Anti-Communist rebels and local criminal element operations in Southern Luzon included the two regions of CALABARZON and MIMAROPA nine major provinces of Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque and Palawan and begins the ongoing Communist Insurgencies of the Philippines from 1969 to ongoing against the Communist rebel fighters of the New People's Army (NPA), Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF-P) and other local criminal elements.

Mission

Their mission is to conduct sustained Internal Security Operations (ISO) in regions 4A and 4B to neutralize the Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee (STRPC) and the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New Peoples Army (NPA) in order to create a physically and psychologically sound environment conducive for development and commerce.

Units

The following are the Brigade units that are under the 2nd Infantry Division.

The following are the Battalion units that are under the 2nd ID.

Operations

References

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