National Service Reserve Corps

National Service Reserve Corps
Panlaáng Hukbo ng Pambansang Paglilingkod
	Emblem of the National Service Reserve Corps
Agency overview
Formed	June 12, 2012
Jurisdiction	Government of the Philippines
Headquarters	3/F Armed Forces of the Philippines Reserve Command, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines
Agency executive	Juanito W. Dalmas, National Director;
Parent agency	Office of Civil Defense

The National Service Reserve Corps, also referred to by the acronym NSRC (Filipino: Panlaáng Hukbo ng Pambansang Paglilingkod), is a unit composed of graduates of the Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) and Literacy Training Service (LTS) components of the National Service Training Program, a civic education and defense preparedness program in the Philippines. Members of this corps may be tapped by the state for literacy and civic welfare activities.^[2] In 2010 the NSRC was mandated to be accredited and mobilized for the delivery of disaster risk reduction programs and activities.^[3]

History

The NSRC was created by virtue of Republic Act 9163, known as the National Service Training Program or NSTP Act of 2001. The NSTP Act mandated that all graduates of the non-ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) component of the NSTP, namely CWTS and LTS, shall constitute the National Service Reserve Corps. ROTC graduates on the other hand, shall become reservists of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The NSTP Law made ROTC a non-compulsory training component at the tertiary level of education. Furthermore, it made NSTP mandatory for all students in all higher education institutions (HEIs) and technical-vocational educational training institutions (TVETs) for courses of two or more years. Students have the freedom to choose among the three NSTP components.^[2]

Since the enactment of the NSTP Law in 2001 until 2011 - a period of 10 years, the NSRC was never implemented despite the issuance of a joint memorandum from the Department of National Defense, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for its implementation.^{[citation needed]} In May 2010, a new law was enacted - RA 10121. Known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, this law mandated that the National Service Reserve Corps be accredited and mobilized for the delivery of disaster risk reduction programs and activities.^[3]

Leadership

Juanito W. Dalmas - Brigadier General, NSRC National Director, June 2012 to June 2016
Francis Leonida - Colonel, NSRC Deputy National Director
Ramon G. Santos - Brigadier General, NSRC Basulta Provincial Director
Jeff D. L. Tamayo - Colonel, R13-1001st UPHSD NSRC Group Leader
Floro I. Verzosa - Officer 5, NSRC Group Training Officer
Neil Allan C. De Leon - Officer 4, NSRC Training Officer
Mary Rose J. Amar - Officer 3, NSRC Training Officer
Jun B. Palmon - Officer 2, NSRC Training Officer

Notable activated units

University of Perpetual Help System Dalta - Las Piñas was the first university in the National Capital Region activated under then-Undersecretary Benito T. Ramos of the Office of Civil Defense and Executive Director of the NDRRMC. They were designated as the R13-1001st (UPHSD) NSRC Group.
Basilan NSRC Provincial Directorate Office and the R14–1001st (Basilan) NSRC GROUP
Sulu NSRC Provincial Directorate Office and the R14–1002nd (Sulu) NSRC GROUP
Tawi-Tawi NSRC Provincial Directorate Office and the R14–1003rd (Tawi-Tawi) NSRC GROUP
R13-1st NSRC Disaster Response Training Group, the first batch of training instructors and responders under the directive of the NSRC National Director

External links

National Service Reserve Corps Facebook page

References

^ Philippine Information Agency. "OCD launches civic welfare volunteers". Retrieved June 29, 2015.
^ ^a ^b 12th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. "RA 9163". Retrieved June 25, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b 14th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines (January 2, 2012). "RA 10121". Retrieved June 25, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Casiple, Rex (November 11, 2014). "Lessons learned from Yolanda". The Daily Guardian. Retrieved June 26, 2015.