The 7th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, known officially as the Kaugnay Division, is the Philippine Army

Philippine Army

The Philippine Army is the ground arm of the Armed Forces of the Philippines . Its official name in Tagalog is Hukbong Katihan ng Pilipinas. On July 23, 2010, President Benigno Aquino III appointed Maj. Gen...

's primary Infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

unit specializing in rapid deployment.
7th Infantry Division, Philippine Commonwealth Army in Negros Island and Siquijor

During the Second World War under the Japanese Occupation, The 7th Infantry Division, Philippine Commonwealth Army was re-established from 1942 to 1946 at the military general headquarters and military camps and garrisoned in the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental was the assigned to combat the armed forces of the Japanese Imperial military insurgency in Western and Central Philippines.