405th (SHAHIN) Transport Battalion (Reserve)

405 (SHAHIN) Transport Battalion

Unit Seal of the 405th (SHAHIN) Transport Battalion (Reserve)
Country Philippines Philippines
Allegiance Philippines Republic of the Philippines
Branch Philippine Army
Type Army Reserve
Combat Support & Service Support
Role Military Transport Services, Combat Support & Combat Service Support, SAR and CSAR, Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, Civil-Military Operations and Civil-military Co-operations
Size 3 Ready Reserve Companies and 1 Headquarters & Headquarters Service Company
Part of Under the AFP Reserve Command Affiliate Reserve Group
Nickname
  • AFP Emergency Response and Rescue Task Group
  • AFP Transport Battalion
Motto On time Delivery
Engagements None
Decorations
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Badge
Commanders
Current
commander
LTC JACK SHAHIN (RES) PA
Insignia
Search and Rescue Tab
Laang Kawal Seal

The 405th (SHAHIN) Transport Battalion (Reserve),[1] known officially as AFP Transport Battalion, is one of the affiliated reserve battalions of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, which is organic to the AFP Reserve Command Affiliate Reserve Group of the AFP Reserve Command. It is a Combat Service Support & Service unit specializing in Military Transport Services, with subspecialties in Urban Search and Rescue, Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation, Civil Military Operations and Co-operations.[1]

Organization

The following are the units that are presently placed under operational control of the 405th (SHAHIN) Transport Battalion (Reserve):

Base units

Line units

Awards and Decorations

Campaign Streamers

Award Streamer Streamer Name Operation Date Awarded Reference
Presidential Unit Citation BadgeSAR/DRR Ops, TS Ketsana4 February 2010 General Orders No. 112, GHQ-AFP, dtd 04 Feb '10
Presidential Unit Citation BadgeGeneral Elections, Philippines1 July 2010General Orders No. 641, GHQ-AFP, dtd 1 July '10

Badges

Military Badge Badge Name Operation Date Awarded Reference
AFP Election Duty BadgeGeneral Elections, Philippines21 May 2010 General Orders No. 513, GHQ-AFP, dtd 21 May '10

See also

References

Citations
  1. 1.0 1.1 "What happened to the Reserve Transport Battalion?". timawa.net. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
Bibliography