A Philippine Navy officer made history as Captain Luzviminda Camacho was the first woman to become a Commodore. She was recently promoted as Commodore.
A Commodore was equivalent to Brigadier General or one-star rank in the Philippine Army, Philippine Air Force, and Philippine Marines Corps.
Aside from being promoted as Commodore, Luzviminda Camacho was the first female chief of her office, the first female officer to command a Philippine Navy ship, and the first female commander of peacekeepers that was sent by the Philippines to Haiti.
She was among the three senior officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines who formally donned their rank at the General Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. The donning ceremony officially presided by AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Felimon Santos Jr.
Meanwhile, the two other senior officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that formally donned their rank were Maj. Gen. Roberto Ancan, who was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General; and Brig. Gen. Ernesto Torres Jr., who was promoted to the rank of Major General.
Senior military officers led by AFP vice chief-of-staff Vice Admiral Gaudencio Collado, Jr., as well as families of the newly-promoted officials, were also present during the donning ceremony.
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