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ROTC Games

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The Reserve Officers Training Course (ROTC) cadets as a source of future national athletes is an idea whose time has come.

In an effort to promote the ROTC program for college students, Sen. Francis Tolentino hatched the sports program in collaboration with the Department of National Defense, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Commission on Higher Education, the Philippine Sports Commission and the Philippine Olympic Committee.

The ROTC Games is seen to become a new spawning ground for outstanding athletes for international competitions, aside from fostering active participation in sports by school cadets.

“Personally, I have always believed that the ROTC program of the country has been a potent tool for attaining the country’s overall integrity, honor and health” Tolentino said.

“This competition will not be a glorified intramurals but we aim to develop a pool of disciplined elite athletes.”

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The competitions among ROTC cadets will involve three phases: sports clinics where cadets will learn the sports basics, regional meets and the National Games.

Included in the inaugural season of 2023 are athletics, obstacle sports, swimming, boxing, arnis, weightlifting, kickboxing, e-sports, basketball, volleyball, target shooting, and the demonstration of gymnastics.

Competing athletes represent their schools and the three major branches of the Armed Forces—Army, Air Force and Navy.

Noble idea? It’s actually deeper than that.

Tolentino, who holds the rank of Brigadier General in the Army Reserve Command, is actually boosting the country’s reserve command in the face of China’s continuous bullying in the West Philippine Sea.

Despite the Philippine government’s ultra-modest reaction to China’s alleged intrusion into Philippine waters, the biggest military in Asia is seemingly gravitating towards full control of the contested parts of waters and islands.

China is increasingly becoming aggressive by continuously building what seemed like facilities in the area.

Tolentino is the most vocal among Philippine senators in reacting to China’s aggressive stance.

It was Tolentino who recently revealed a video that showed the Chinese Coast Guard, forcibly confiscating debris found by Filipino coast guards inside the waters of the Philippines.

It was Tolentino who was actively campaigning against the phalanx of 20 Chinese vessels swarming the Sabina Shoal within our territory.

He initiated the bill that will make ROTC a mandatory program in the college

The good senator has the vision of enhancing the country’s military force in the face of an apparently increasing threat in the West Philippine Sea.

The youth should start thinking about solidarity, patriotism, and love for the country.

The ROTC Games is just the start.

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