atm 7am Teleradyo, J.Tony Carpio on WPS. Good discussion. Thank you. Yesterday’s resource person used WPS encroachment by China to campaign for mandatory ROTC for all college students. (palalanguyin natin mga kadete sa WPS? Go, gorabels!)

atm 7am Teleradyo, J.Tony Carpio on WPS. Good discussion. Thank you.

Yesterday’s resource person (Teleradyo morning show, March 31) used WPS encroachment by China

to campaign for mandatory ROTC for all college students. (palalanguyin natin mga kadete sa WPS?)

(We’ll require cadets to swim in the West Philippine Sea?) Yes, Go, Gorabels!

See previous posts: On WPS: We need bigger boats for re-supply and patrol operations under the command of the Philippines, not foreign boats, in the West Philippine Sea (see previous posts here) as well as engaging more civilian support and mobilizing systematically to fight disinformation (see December interview on ANC)

On ROTC: Suggestions for reforms for ROTC (which should be voluntary at this time unless you’re expecting war in 2025) to make it more relevant and useful to the defense of the country

starting with curbing and checking corruption, etc., (officials made a fast buck off the cadets; the whistleblower, Mark Welson Chua, ended up being murdered).

maybe in another post.

My suggestion for ROTC organizational reforms will include how to prevent corruption;

curriculum content reforms will include archipelagic doctrine and UNCLOS (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea), among other reforms, marami (many reforms needed), including how to make cadets be proud of their time spent there.

(Bigyan nyo ko grant, isusulat ko.)