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Fort Ramon Magsaysay, also known as Fort Magsaysay / Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation (FMMR) / Fort Mag, is the largest Military Reservation in the Philippines, and is one of the key training areas of the Philippine Army. Fort Magsaysay is located in Palayan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. ==History== On Dec 10, 1955, President Ramon Magsaysay, through Proclamation 237 created the 73,000-hectare base centered in Laur, Palayan.〔(G.R. No. L-27594 )〕 The reservation covers portions of the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, and Aurora. The reservation is to be used for military training and live fire exercises. In its infancy Fort Magsaysay hosted the Army Training Command (ATC). The ATC provided basic training for enlisted personnel and officers and advanced training in some specialties such as infantry and artillery.〔(Philippine Army General Structure )〕 As one of the main training grounds of the Philippine Army, Fort Magsaysay hosted the Training & Doctrine Command (TRADOC) a couple of times in its history. Currently, TRADOC is located in Camp O'Donnell, but majority of the field exercises are conducted in Fort Magsaysay. During Martial Law, Ninoy Aquino and other members of the opposition were incarcerated in Fort Magsaysay.〔(Ninoy's Letter to his daughter Ballsy )〕〔(Ninoy's letter to Soc Rodrigo )〕 In 1991, Mt. Pinatubo's eruption has burdened the Philippine government to relocate some of the residents of the volcano. Fort Magsaysay was chosen as one of the relocation sites. Almost two decades later, the Philippine Army remains at conflict with tenant farmers, as the latter have been ordered evicted from the military reservation.〔(Groups bewail eviction of 34 families from military reservation )〕 Fort Magsaysay's vast tracts of land has time and again attracted a number of claimants - without escaping controversy.〔(Fort Magsaysay in Romblon? )〕〔(CA Junks claim over Fort Magsaysay )〕〔(G.R. No. L-27594 )〕 In some occasions, illegal loggers have found their way into the reservation.〔(Top brass aware of NE logging )〕〔(G.R. No. L-24971 June 20, 1975 )〕 On 2012 September 21, President Benigno S. Aquino III led the observance of the 40th anniversary by opening the Aquino-Diokno Memorial, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Center for Human Rights Dialogue inside Fort Magsaysay and the museum-replica of the 1973 detention facility of Ninoy (Codenamed: Alpha) and Diokno (Codenamed: Delta).()() At present, Fort Magsaysay, along with the Crow Valley Range Complex in Pampanga, provides the Armed Forces of the Philippines and allied nations ample training grounds in modern jungle warfare in large unit formation. The RP-US 2009 BALIKATAN exercises for one was commenced at Fort Magsaysay.〔(Annual Balikatan 2009 exercise at Fort Magsaysay begins )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Magsaysay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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