MANUSCRIPT FOR JOINT OPENING OF CLASS OPC 65-15 AND OCC 47-16

PART I:

ARRIVAL OF THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER

EMCEE 1: MAY WE REQUEST EVERYONE TO SETTLE DOWN FOR WE ARE ABOUT TO START
OUR PROGRAM.
(UPON THE ENTRY OF THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER TOWARDS THE STAGE, THE EMCEE WILL
ANNOUNCE)
EMCEE 2: ANNOUNCING THE ARRIVAL OF OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER, COL WILLIAM N
GONZALES INF (GSC) PA, COMMANDANT, OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL, TRAINING AND
DOCTRINE COMMAND, PHILIPPINE ARMY
(AS SOON AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER HAS OCCUPIED HIS SEAT, THE EMCEE WILL
PROCEED TO THE SECOND PART OF THE PROGRAM)
EMCEE 1: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD AFTERNOON! TODAY, WE WILL WITNESS THE
JOINT OPENING OF OFFICER PREPARATORY COURSE CLASS 65-15 AND OFFICER
CANDIDATE COURSE CLASS 47-16.
(ATTENTION CALL)
EMCEE 1: WEVE JUST HEARD THE SOUND OF ATTENTION CALL SIGNALLING THE
ENTRANCE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE OFFICER PREPARATORY COURSE CL 65-2015 AND
OFFICER CANDIDATE COURSE CL 47-16
EMCEE 2: THE OPC CLASS 65-2015 IS COMPOSED OF 67 RESERVE COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES WHO ARE NOW CALLED IN THE
ACTIVE DUTY. THEY ARE COMPOSED OF 60 MALES AND 7 FEMALES.
EMCEE 1: MARCHING OFF TOWARDS THE PARADE GROUND ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE
OCC CLASS 47-2016. THE CLASS IS COMPOSED OF 70 STUDENT OFFICERS, 63 MALES AND
7 FEMALES. ALL OF THEM WILL BE COMMISSIONED AS PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN THE
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES
THESE STUDENT OFFICERS AND OFFICER CANDIDATES CAME FROM THE DIFFERENT
REGIONS OF THE ARCHIPELAGO. THEY ALL HOLD A BACHELORS DEGREE AND SEVERAL
OF THEM ARE LICENSED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONS. THEY ARE THE CHOSEN
FEW WHO SUCCESSFULLY PASSED AND QUALIFIED FOR THIS COURSE.THESE FEW AND
VALIANT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WILL BE TRAINED TO REACH THEIR FULL CAPABILITIES
AND WILL BE TESTED TO SEE THEIR DETERMINATION TO SERVE AND TO SECURE THE
LAND.
EMCEE 1: LET US ALL STAND FOR THE SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ACCOMPANIED
BY THE TRADOC BAND.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION TO BE LED BY OUR ACTING

ADMINISTRATION OFFICER, CPT PEDRO MICHAEL JR R. MILLARES, (CORPS)
PLEASE BE SEATED.
(AFTER THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND OTHER GUESTS HAVE TAKEN THEIR SEATS, THE
EMCEE WILL ANNOUNCE)
EMCEE 1: AT THIS JUNCTURE, LTC ROBERTO Q BEATISULA, INFANTRY, PA, ASST
COMMANDANT OCS, TRADOC, PA, WILL PRESENT THE OPC CL 65 - 15 TOGETHER WITH THE
OCC CL 47 - 16 TO RECOMMEND THE OPENING OF THE COURSE TO THE COMMANDANT.
EMCEE 1: THE COMMANDANT, OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL, COL WILLIAM N GONZALES,
INFANTRY, GENERAL STAFF CORPS) PHILIPPINE ARMY, WILL DELIVER HIS MESSAGE AND
SUBSEQUENTLY DECLARE THE OPENING OF THE RECEPTION RITES.
(THE COMMANDANT WILL APPROACH THE ROSTRUM AND SAY, BY VIRTUE TO THE
AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS THE COMMANDANT OF THE OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL,
TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND, PHILIPPINE ARMY, I HEREBY DECLARE THE OFFICER
PREPARATORY COURSE CL 65-2016 AND OFFICER CANDIDATE COURSE CLASS 47-16 OPEN
EFFECTIVE THIS DATE.)
EMCEE 1 : IN A SHORT WHILE, WE WILL BE WITNESSING THE RECEPTION RITES OF THE
OPC CL 65-15 AND OCC CL 47-16
(ATTENTION CALL)
YOU HAVE JUST HEARD THE SOUND OF THE 2 ND ATTENTION CALL, SIGNALLING THE
ENTRANCE OF THE INITIATION PARTY LED BY CPT KENNY RAE C TIZON INF, PA
(WHEN THE INITIATION PARTY IS ALREADY AT THE CENTER AND HALTED, CPT. KENNY
RAE C TIZON WILL REPORT TO THE COMMANDANT AND WILL SAY COL GONZALES SIR, THE
INITIATION PARTY IS NOW READY TO CONDUCT THE INITIATION RITES THE COMMANDANT
ACKNOWLEDGES AND INITIATION PARTY RITES BEGINS.)
NOTE:
INITIATION SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN IN 60 MINUTES
TRADOC BAND WILL SOUND ATTENTION CALL TO SIGNAL THE ENTRANCE OF THE
INITIATION PARTY
TRADOC BAND WILL SOUND ATTENTION CALL EVERY 15 MINUTES TO SIGNAL THE
ROTATION OF STUDENTS IN RESPECTIVE STATIONS.
END OF RECEPTION
-TRADOC BAND WILL PLAY ATTENTION CALL TO SIGNAL THE END OF INITIATION RITES.
EMCEE : ALL STUDENTS OF OPC CLASS 65 AND OCC CLASS 47 FORM IN FRONT OF THE
ADMIN BLDG RIGHT NOW
RECEPTION RUN.

STUDENTS WILL RUN TOGETHER WITH OCC CL 46-16, OPC 64 15 AND COURSE NCOS TO
BE FOLLOWED BY THE AMBULANCE.
***ROUTE: 3.2 KM
- AFTER THE 3.2 KM ROUTE, STUDENT OFFICERS OF OPC 65-2015 AND OCC 47 - 2017 WILL
PROCEED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE AREA TO WASH UP AND CHANGE TO BDA UNIFORM.
F: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT CULMINATES TODAYS EVENT. ON BEHALF OF THE
OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL OF THE OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL, WE THANK EVERYONE
FOR WITNESSING THE JOINT OPENING CEREMONY OF THE OFFICER PREPARATORY
COURSE CL 65 - 15 AND OFFICER CANDIDATE COURSE CL 47 - 2016.
ONCE AGAIN GOOD AFTERNOON AND MABUHAY TAYONG LAHAT.
MARAMING SALAMAT PO!