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LIGHT ARMOR
DIVISION SEAL
THE SEAL OF THE LIGHT ARMOR DIVISION IS THE
FIRST AND THE ONLY
IN THE AFP TO BE DONE IN CONTEMPORARY DESIGN AND
WAS
REGISTERED IN NATION'S ARCHIVE. IT WAS EXECUTED
BY
MR. ED CASTILLO, AN INTERNATIONALLY-RENOWNED
FILIPINO ARTIST.
FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: TO STRESS THE
INNOVATIVE SPIRIT
WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION OF UNIT'S SELF-RELIANCE
EFFORT AND
TO CAMOUFLAGE THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF THE TANK
WHICH
IS VERY PROMINENT IN THE TRADITIONAL ARTS: TO
STRESS THAT
THIS DESTRUCTIVE WEAPON WILL BE USED ONLY AS A
LAST RESORT.
THE SEAL DESIGNATED IN A PENTAGONAL SHIELD TO
SIGNIFY THAT
THE UNIT IS ORGANIC TO THE PHILIPPINE ARMY.
IN THE YELLOW PART, THERE APPEARS A DOVE OF
PEACE SURGING
UP AND FORWARD TO REPRESENT SPEED AND
COMMUNICATION.
IN THE BLUE PART, AT THE BASE OF THE CLUSTER OF
THE TRIANGLES IS THE
SLEEK FIGURE OF THE THE SOLDIER CLEARLY
DISCERNIBLE
REPRESENTING THE LIGHT ARMOR DIVISION ITSELF
BECAUSE NO
MATTER HOW SOPHISTICATED THE EQUIPMENT MAY BE,
THE OUTCOME
FOR ANY ENDEAVOR STILL RESTS ON THE SOLDIER.
IN THE RED PART, THE TANK IS DISCERNIBLE AND ITS
CANNON DOES NOT
POINT TO ANYONE ELSE BUT THE SUN WHICH
REPRESENTS FIREPOWER
THE ROUND OBJECT DELINEATED IN WHITE AT THE
CENTER REPRESENTS THE
SUN WHICH IS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF HUMANITY.
IT IS A
CAMOUFLAGE REPRESENTATION OF THE MOUTH OF THE
CANNON.
THE CROSS RED BOLO AND KRIS SIGNIFY THE UNIT'S
PARTICIPATION
IN THE ANTI-DISSIDENCE CAMPAIGN IN THE SOUTH.
THE WHOLE BACKGROUND IS SUPPOSED TO BE GRAY
PROJECTING THE
NEW MILITARY CONVICTION OF HUMANITY AND CALMNESS
IN
TIMES OF STRESS. |
