THE economic team, in cooperation with the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Office of Senator Jinggoy Estrada, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, has successfully completed thirteen (13) consultative meetings with all branches of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) from May 25 to June 21, 2023.

In addition to the AFP General Headquarters and service branches in Metro Manila, the group also visited the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), and all six (6) unified commands of the AFP in Tarlac, Quezon, Cebu, Davao, Zamboanga, and Palawan.