List of Philippine Military Academy alumni

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This is a partial list of notable Philippine Military Academy alumni.

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Notable Philippine Military Academy classes[edit]

Several Philippine Military Academy classes have achieved notability, either due to highly decorated class members, significant changes in the PMA curriculum, or due to a high proportion of officers elevated to the highest ranks of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or the Philippine National Police.[31][32]

These include:

"Magiting" Class of 1970 - the first class with a recorded formal name; included Zambales Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane, former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Roy Cimatu.[32]

"Matatag" Class of 1971 - best known for being the core group of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM);[33] included Senators Gregorio Honasan[32] and Panfilo Lacson;[34] also included former Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, who was later implicated in a military fund scandal.[32]

"Dimalupig" Class of 1981 - well known as having many "mistahs" appointed to high ranks during the term of President Benigno Aquino III, including four who achieved four-star rank: AFP chief General Gregorio Catapang Jr; PNP chief Director General Alan Purisima; AFP chief General Emmanuel Bautista; and Thai officer Thawip Poonsiri Netniyom, who was valedictorian and became General of the Royal Thai Armed Forces.[33]

"Sinagtala" Class of 1986 - known for being the first class to graduate from the PMA after the restoration of Philippine democracy in 1986, and the first batch of new military officers to serve the administration of President Corazon Aquino;[35] also known for having many "mistahs" appointed to high ranks during the term of President Rodrigo Duterte, including most of the heads of the PNP: Ronald dela Rosa, Oscar Albayalde, Francisco Gamboa, and Camilo Cascolan.[35]

"Maalab" Class of 1993 - known for being the class of ensign Philip Pestaño, who died from a gunshot wound under disputed circumstances;[36] was also the last PMA class to graduate before the inclusion of women, later in the same year.[37]

"Kalasag-lahi" Class of 1997 - known for being the class that saw the graduation of PMA's first batch of women graduates[37]

"Marilag" Class of 1995 - known for being the class of many of the Magdalo Group during the Oakwood mutiny,[38] including Antonio Trillanes but also Makati Police Chief PSSupt. Rogelio Simon, who served Trillanes' warrant of arrest in 2018.[39] It is notable academically as the class who were first to undergo the new tri-service curriculum of PMA, effectively becoming PMA's first batch of service specialists upon graduation.[40]

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