The Light Armor Division, Philippine Army, known officially as the PALA 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 only cavalry

Cavalry

Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...

 unit specializing in armored and mechanized deployment.

Mission

Their mission is to organize, train, equip, deploy and sustain armor forces to defeat the CTM by 2010, destroy the ASG and contain the SPSG in order to establish physically and psychologically secured environment conducive to national development.

Units

The following are the combat units that are under the PALAD.

• 1st Light Armor (Tagapanguna) Battalion
• 2nd Light Armor (Magiting) Battalion
• 3rd Light Armor (Kaagapay) Battalion
• 4th Light Armor (Masigasig) Battalion
• 5th Light Armor (Kalasag) Battalion
• 1st Mechanized Infantry (Lakan) Battalion
• 2nd Mechanized Infantry (Makasag) Battalion
• 3rd Mechanized Infantry (Makatarungan) Battalion
• 6th Light Armor (Paghiliugyon) Company (Separate)
• 8th Light Armor (Masarigan) Company (Separate)
• 1st Armored Cavalry (Rapido) Troop

Operations

• Anti-guerrilla operations against the New People's Army
  New People's Army
  The New People's Army is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. It was formed on March 29, 1969. The Maoist NPA conducts its armed guerrilla struggle based on the strategical line of 'protracted people's war'.The NPA exacts so called "revolutionary taxes" from business owners...
  
  , MILF
  Moro Islamic Liberation Front
  The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is an Islamist group located in the southern Philippines. It is one of two Islamic militant groups, the other being the Abu Sayyaf, that are fighting against Government of the Philippines...
  
  , and Abu Sayyaf Group.