Spanish Army School Pays Tribute to Fallen Filipino Alumnus
Brigadier General José María Millán Martinez and Philippine Military Attaché Colonel Harold Anthony F. Pascua pay tribute to Lieutenant Colonel Cristóbal Julián Paolo Pérez during the Act of Homage Ceremony. (Madrid PE photo)
MADRID 19 July 2018 — The Spanish Army´s War School paid tribute to the late Lieutenant Colonel Cristóbal Julián Paolo Pérez of the Philippine Army—who was killed in 2016 in a terrorist act in Mindanao—through an Act of Homage ceremony held in Madrid on 28 June 2018.
The Spanish Army´s Act of Homage is a solemn ceremony in honor of those who sacrificed their lives, usually for Spain.
Lieutenant Colonel Perez, an alumnus of Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional, attended the said prestigious Spanish institution in 2012.
Brigadier General José María Millán Martinez, Director of the War School of the Spanish Army, was joined by Philippine Defense and Armed Forces Attaché Colonel Harold Anthony F. Pascua, PA during the Act of Homage in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Perez
The ceremony featured Lieutenant Colonel Perez’s blue sash with his name on an engraved plate, and was incorporated in the monument of the heroes of the General Staff Corps, located within the Spanish Army´s War School in Madrid.
The ceremony highlighted Lieutenant Colonel Perez’s career, and the Spanish Army presented a diploma with an inscription of Lieutenant Colonel Perez’s heroism, followed by a wreath-laying on the monument of the heroes.
The ceremony also featured the national anthems of the Philippines and Spain, tarpaulins and hymns for the fallen, and the message of Brigadier General Martinez.
The tribute to Lieutenant Colonel Perez was also held as part of the celebration of the 16th Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day on 30 June 2018. END
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