The 8CMOBn
is currently located within 8ID, PA, Camp Gen Vicente Lukban, Brgy Maulong,
Catbalogan
City. The three (3) CMO Companies are placed Operational Control with the
Infantry Brigades in line with 8ID FRAG-O 07-14 TO CAMPLAN ”KASUGBONG” dated 29
January 2014.
All
CMO Companies were
deployed in three Infantry Brigades stationed within
the brigade area of operation respectively. The 81CMO Company is confronting
(SRC) “ARTIC” AND “SESAMI”; the 82CMO Company, SRC “LEYVOX’ and “ BROWSER” and the 83CMO Company, CONFRONTING SRC
“EMPORIUM”.
The 8th
Civil-Military Operations (Dangpanan) Battalion, 8ID, PA conducts CMO/White
Area Operations in the Provinces
of Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Western
Samar and Leyte from 01 January 2014 to 31 December 2016 to “win the peace” in order to establish an environment
conducive for sustainable and a just and lasting peace.
TRACES ITS ROOTS FROM 8TH CIVIL -MILITARY OPERATIONS COMPANY (8CMOC) TO
PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS UNIT (PSYOPS UNIT) THEN 8TH CIVIL AFFAIRS UNIT (8CAU) OF THE 8TH INFANTRY DIVISION, PHILIPPINE ARMY
AND AGAIN CHANGE TO 8TH CIVIL MILITARY OPERATIONS UNIT (8CMOU) THAT ABSORVED TO
THE CIVIL MILITARY OPERATIONS GROUP OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY. IT WAS ACTIVATED
PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDERS NR 438, GHQ, AFP DTD 18 JUNE 2010 WITH LTC FEDERICO
J TUTAAN JR INF (GSC) PA AS ITS FIRST COMMANDER. THE BATTALION IS CO- LOCATED
AT 8ID,
PA BASED HERE IN CAMP GENERAL VICENTE LUKBAN, BARANGAY MAULONG, CATBALOGAN CITY
WITHIN THE ISLAND OF SAMAR, LEYTE, BILIRANN
AND CEBU
AS ITS AREA OF OPERATIONS, IT WAS INITIALLY FILLED-UP BY THE PERSONNEL EQUIPAGE
DRAWN FROM 8TH CIVIL-MILITARY
OPERATIONS UNIT, 8TH DIVISION PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AND
DIFFERENT INFANTRY BATTALIONS OF 8TH
DIVISION.
WITH SAMAR
ISLAND AS THE CENTER OF GRAVITY AND FOR BETTER COMMAND AND CONTROL, THE 8TH CIVIL MILITARY OPERATIONS
BATTALION DEPLOYED ITS THREE (3) COMPANYS: THE 81ST
CIVIL MILITARY OPERATIONS COMPANY TO 801ST
INFANTRY BRIGADE AT CAMP EUGENIO DAZA, HINABANGAN, SAMAR; 82ND CIVIL MILITARY OPERATIONS COMPANY
AT 802ND INFANTRY BRIGADE, CAMP DOWNES,
ORMOC CITY AND 83RD
CIVIL MILITARY OPERATIONS COMPANY AT 803RD
INFANTRY BRIGADE, CAMP SUMOROY, CATARMAN, NORTHERN, SAMAR AS OPERATIONAL
CONTROL BY THE SAID BRIGADES TO SUPPORT IN THE CONDUCT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL
OPERATIONS, PUBLIC AND CIVIL AFFAIRS OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT TO THE OPERATIONAL
AND TACTICAL UNIT’S INTERNAL SECURITY OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO WEAKEN THE ENEMY’S
WILL TO FIGHT AND GAIN POPULAR SUPPORT.
MOREOVER, THIS UNIT WAS TASKED THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF AFP’S INTERNAL PEACE AND SECURITY PLAN “BAYANIHAN”
TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE DIFFERENT
LGU’S, LGA’S, CIVILIAN SECTORS, PNP AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. BUT, AFTER
ONE YEAR AND 3 MONTHS SINCE THE ACTIVATION OF 8CMOBN, THE DIVISION PUBLIC
AFFAIRS OFFICE (DPAO) WAS REACTIVATED AS PER LETTER DIRECTIVE FROM HEADQUARTERS
PHILIPPINE ARMY DATED 08 NOVEMBER 2011. WITH THESE
EVENTS, PERSONNEL ABSORVED BY THIS UNIT WAS REASSIGNED TO DPAO UNDER HHSBN, 8ID, PA.
AGAIN THIS UNIT ASSUMED CMO LEAD ROLE
OVER THE WHOLE 8ID AO IN QUEST FOR A LASTING PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE REGION.
