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|type= [[File:Philippine Army Infantry BC.jpg|30px]] [[Infantry]]
|type= [[File:Philippine Army Infantry BC.jpg|30px]] [[Infantry]]
|role= Conventional Warfare, Anti-Guerrilla Operations
|role= Conventional Warfare, Anti-Guerrilla Operations
|size= 2 [[Brigade]]s
|size= 2 [[Brigade]]s
|command_structure= [[7th Military Area (Philippine Commonwealth Army)|7th Military Area]] under the [[Philippine Commonwealth Army]] (1942-1946) <br /> Under the [[Philippine Army]] (Since 1988)
|command_structure= [[7th Military Area (Philippine Commonwealth Army)|7th Military Area]] under the [[Philippine Commonwealth Army]] (1942-1946) <br /> Under the [[Philippine Army]] (Since 1988)
|current_commander= [[Brigadier General|BGen]] Alan Luga AFP
|current_commander= [[Brigadier General|BGen]] Alan Luga AFP
|garrison= Fort Ramon Magsaysay, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija
|garrison= Fort Ramon Magsaysay, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija
|ceremonial_chief=
|ceremonial_chief=
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|march=
|march=
|mascot= Rice Fields of Central Luzon
|mascot= Rice Fields of Central Luzon
|battles= [[World War II]]<br/> [[Hukbalahap Rebellion|Communist Insurgency in the Philippines]]<br/> Anti-guerrilla operations against the [[New People's Army|NPA]] and local criminal elements
|battles= [[World War II]]<br /> [[Hukbalahap Rebellion|Communist Insurgency in the Philippines]]<br /> Anti-guerrilla operations against the [[New People's Army|NPA]] and local criminal elements
|notable_commanders= BGen Edgardo Batenga AFP, BGen [[Marcelo Blando]] AFP,BGen Orlando V Soriano AFP, BGen Jose Ma. Solquillo AFP, BGen Gregorio Camiling AFP, BGen Julius Javier AFP, MGen Ernesto Carolina AFP, BGen Alberto Braganza AFP, MGen [[Hermogenes Esperon|Hermogenes Esperon Jr.]] AFP, MGen Romeo Tolentino AFP, MGen [[Jovito Palparan]] AFP, Gen [[Gregorio Pio Catapang]] AFP, Gen [[Hernando Iriberri]] AFP, Gen [[Glorioso Miranda]] AFP
|notable_commanders= BGen Edgardo Batenga AFP, BGen [[Marcelo Blando]] AFP,BGen Orlando V Soriano AFP, BGen Jose Ma. Solquillo AFP, BGen Gregorio Camiling AFP, BGen Julius Javier AFP, MGen Ernesto Carolina AFP, BGen Alberto Braganza AFP, MGen [[Hermogenes Esperon|Hermogenes Esperon Jr.]] AFP, MGen Romeo Tolentino AFP, MGen [[Jovito Palparan]] AFP, Gen [[Gregorio Pio Catapang]] AFP, Gen [[Hernando Iriberri]] AFP, Gen [[Glorioso Miranda]] AFP
|anniversaries=August 1
|anniversaries=August 1
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==Order of battle during the 2nd World War==
==Order of battle during the 2nd World War==
* Division HQ
* Division HQ
* 7th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 7th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 71st Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 10 April 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 71st Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 10 April 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 72nd Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 10 April 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 72nd Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 10 April 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 73rd Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 10 April 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 73rd Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 10 April 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 74th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 74th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 75th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 75th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 76th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 76th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 77th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 77th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 78th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 78th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 79th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 79th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 80th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 80th Infantry Regiment (PA) ''(Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)''
* 7th Field Artillery Regiment (PA)
* 7th Field Artillery Regiment (PA)
** 7th FA Regt HQ Company (PA)
** 7th FA Regt HQ Company (PA)
** 1st Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
** 1st Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
** 2nd Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
** 2nd Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
** 3rd Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
** 3rd Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
** 4th Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
** 4th Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
** 5th Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
** 5th Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
* 7th Engineer Battalion (PA)
* 7th Engineer Battalion (PA)
* 7th Division Units (PA)
* 7th Division Units (PA)
** 7th Division Headquarters & HQ Company (PA)
** 7th Division Headquarters & HQ Company (PA)
** 7th Medical Battalion (PA)
** 7th Medical Battalion (PA)
** 7th Tank Battalion (PA)
** 7th Tank Battalion (PA)
** 7th Signal Company (PA)
** 7th Signal Company (PA)
** 7th Quartermaster Company (PA)
** 7th Quartermaster Company (PA)
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* 702nd Infantry Brigade
* 702nd Infantry Brigade
The following are the Battalion units that are under the 7th ID.
The following are the Battalion units that are under the 7th ID.
*[[24th Infantry Battalion (Cadre)|24th Infantry Battalion]]
* [[24th Infantry Battalion (Cadre)|24th Infantry Battalion]]
*48th Infantry Battalion
* 48th Infantry Battalion
*3rd Infantry Battalion
* 3rd Infantry Battalion
*56th Infantry Battalion
* 56th Infantry Battalion
*70th Infantry Battalion (Cadre)
* 70th Infantry Battalion (Cadre)
*71st Infantry Battalion
* 71st Infantry Battalion
*84th Infantry (Victorious) Battalion
* 84th Infantry (Victorious) Battalion
*81th{{Clarify|date=November 2013|reason=Should this be '81st', '85th' or something else?}} Infantry (Spartan) Battalion
* 81th{{Clarify|date=November 2013|reason=Should this be '81st', '85th' or something else?}} Infantry (Spartan) Battalion
*3rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion
* 3rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion
*71st Division Reconnaissance Company
* 71st Division Reconnaissance Company
*72nd Division Reconnaissance Company
* 72nd Division Reconnaissance Company
*73rd Division Reconnaissance Company
* 73rd Division Reconnaissance Company


==Operations==
==Operations==

Revision as of 13:40, 26 March 2018

Seventh Infantry Division
Coat of Arms of the 7ID
ActiveJanuary 03, 1942- June 30, 1946 (as 7th Infantry Division, PCA)
August 1, 1988 - Present
CountryPhilippines Philippines
BranchPhilippine Army
Type Infantry
RoleConventional Warfare, Anti-Guerrilla Operations
Size2 Brigades
Part of7th Military Area under the Philippine Commonwealth Army (1942-1946)
Under the Philippine Army (Since 1988)
Garrison/HQFort Ramon Magsaysay, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija
Nickname(s)Kaugnáy Division
Motto(s)Kaugnáy
Mascot(s)Rice Fields of Central Luzon
AnniversariesAugust 1
EngagementsWorld War II
Communist Insurgency in the Philippines
Anti-guerrilla operations against the NPA and local criminal elements
DecorationsPresidential Streamer Award
Commanders
Current
commander		BGen Alan Luga AFP
Notable
commanders		BGen Edgardo Batenga AFP, BGen Marcelo Blando AFP,BGen Orlando V Soriano AFP, BGen Jose Ma. Solquillo AFP, BGen Gregorio Camiling AFP, BGen Julius Javier AFP, MGen Ernesto Carolina AFP, BGen Alberto Braganza AFP, MGen Hermogenes Esperon Jr. AFP, MGen Romeo Tolentino AFP, MGen Jovito Palparan AFP, Gen Gregorio Pio Catapang AFP, Gen Hernando Iriberri AFP, Gen Glorioso Miranda AFP
Insignia
Armed Forces Occupational Specialty Insignia

The 7th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, known officially as the Kaugnáy Division, is the Philippine Army's primary Infantry unit specializing in rapid deployment.

History

7th Infantry Division, Philippine Army during the Post-War Era

After the War, The 7th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army is a known officially as the Kaugnáy Division was founding establishment on August 1, 1988, and they stationed and headquarters in Fort Ramon Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija. When the local government soldiers and officers under the Philippine Army 7th Infantry Division was sending the combat operations in the Central Luzon region and the engagements of the Anti-Communist Operations and helping aided and supported of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and the CAFGU militia forces against the communist rebels of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) and other local criminal elements.

During the Communist Insurgency of the Philippines, Government soldiers under the P.A. 7th "Kaugnáy" Infantry Division sending the clear combat operations in some parts in Central Luzon including the provinces of Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales and help them supported by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and the CAFGU militia forces through fought against the communist rebel force of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) and other local criminal elements.

Mission

Their mission is to conduct sustained Internal Security Operations (ISO) in regions 3 to neutralize 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.

Order of battle during the 2nd World War

  • Division HQ
  • 7th Infantry Regiment (PA) (Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)
  • 71st Infantry Regiment (PA) (Activated 10 April 1942 to 30 June 1946)
  • 72nd Infantry Regiment (PA) (Activated 10 April 1942 to 30 June 1946)
  • 73rd Infantry Regiment (PA) (Activated 10 April 1942 to 30 June 1946)
  • 74th Infantry Regiment (PA) (Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)
  • 75th Infantry Regiment (PA) (Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)
  • 76th Infantry Regiment (PA) (Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)
  • 77th Infantry Regiment (PA) (Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)
  • 78th Infantry Regiment (PA) (Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)
  • 79th Infantry Regiment (PA) (Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)
  • 80th Infantry Regiment (PA) (Activated 03 January 1942 to 30 June 1946)
  • 7th Field Artillery Regiment (PA)
    • 7th FA Regt HQ Company (PA)
    • 1st Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
    • 2nd Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
    • 3rd Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
    • 4th Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
    • 5th Bn/7th FA Regt (PA)
  • 7th Engineer Battalion (PA)
  • 7th Division Units (PA)
    • 7th Division Headquarters & HQ Company (PA)
    • 7th Medical Battalion (PA)
    • 7th Tank Battalion (PA)
    • 7th Signal Company (PA)
    • 7th Quartermaster Company (PA)
    • 7th QM Transport Company (PA)

Current units

The following are the Brigade units that are under the 7th Infantry Division.

  • 703rd Infantry Brigade
  • 702nd Infantry Brigade

The following are the Battalion units that are under the 7th ID.

  • 24th Infantry Battalion
  • 48th Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Infantry Battalion
  • 56th Infantry Battalion
  • 70th Infantry Battalion (Cadre)
  • 71st Infantry Battalion
  • 84th Infantry (Victorious) Battalion
  • 81th[clarification needed] Infantry (Spartan) Battalion
  • 3rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion
  • 71st Division Reconnaissance Company
  • 72nd Division Reconnaissance Company
  • 73rd Division Reconnaissance Company

Operations

  • Internal Security Operations

References

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