WHEREAS, Section 2 of PD J60 provides that the positions of Commanders of Task forces, Major Units and other key positions of the AFP shall be authorized the grade of Brigadier General/Commodore as the President may direct;

WHEREAS, the Commander of the Southern Command occupies a position of major responsibility equivalent to those of the Commanders of Major Services and the Presidential Security Command and exercises operational jurisdiction over the majority of AFP units operating in Southern Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, Proclamation No. 1104., dated January 17, 1973 and General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby decree that:

SECTION 1. of Presidential Decree Numbered Three Hundred Sixty dated December 30, 1973 is hereby amended to read:

"1. The following positions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines shall be authorized the grades or their equivalent in the Philippine Navy as herein indicated:

Chief of Staff, AFP	General (0 - 10)
Vice Chief of Staff, AFP	Lt. General (0-9)
Commanders of Major Services, AFP	Major General (0-8)
Commander of Presidential Security Command, AFP	Major General (0-8)
Commander, Southern Command	Major General (0-8)
The Deputy of Staff, AFP	Major General (0-8)
Deputy Chief of Staff, GHQ J1, J2, J3, J4, J5, J6, J7, & J8	Brigadier General (0-7)
The Inspector General, AFP	Brigadier General (0-7)

This decree shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 12th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-One.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
		Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant

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