MIB

HISTORY OF 8MIB

          ORIGINALLY, THE UNIT WAS CONCEIVED AS THE 8^TH MSU OF THE NOW DEFUNCT MSC, PA ON 01 APRIL 1984.  IT FIRST HELD OFFICE IN A RENTED SAFEHOUSE IN TACLOBAN CITY WITH THREE (3) OFFICERS, TWENTY    EIGHT (28)   ENLISTED   PERSONNEL   AND ONE (1) CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE WHO WERE THINLY SPREAD IN THE ENTIRE REGION VIII AS ITS AOR.

AFTER THE 1986 EDSA REVOLUTION, THE UNIT WAS RENAMED INTO 8^TH GOTICO PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDERS NR 23, HPA DATED 14 MARCH 1986 SIMULTANEOUS WITH THE RENAMING OF MSC INTO GOTIB, PA PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDERS NR 80, HPA DATED 30 APRIL 1986.

ON 01 JUNE 1988, THE UNIT BECAME THE 8^TH ISU UNDER ISG, PA PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDERS NR 01, HISG, PA DATED 10 JUNE 1988.  ON BOTH CHANGES, HOWEVER, THE UNIT AOR AS WELL AS ITS MANPOWER AND LOGISTICAL FILL-UP REMAINS UNCHANGED.

ON 15 JANUARY 1990, THE UNIT WAS ABSORBED BY THE 8^TH INFANTRY DIVISION, PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDERS NR 03, HPA DATED 02 JANUARY 1990 AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RENAMED AS THE 65^TH MICO AS THE DIVISION’S INTELLIGENCE ARM UNDER THE FUNCTIONAL SUPERVISION OF G2, 8ID.  ON 01 JANUARY 2004, THE 65MICO WAS DEACTIVATED PURSUANT TO GO NR 09 HPA DATED 08 JANUARY 2004 AND THE SUBSEQUENT CREATION OF 8^TH DIVISION INTELLIGENCE UNIT. THEN AFTER ABOUT TEN (10) MONTHS, THE PROVISIONAL 8DIU WAS UPGRADED INTO 8^TH MIB EFFECTIVE 01 OCTOBER 2004 PURSUANT TO GO NR 523, HPA DATED 11 OCTOBER 2004.

Sunday, January 01, 2017