Section 9Sec./Art. 9

Definition of Terms. -As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:

(a)Active Dutyrefers to the service or duty as a commissioned officer, enlisted personnel, cadet, probationary officer, trainee or draftee in the regular force of the AFP.

(b)Enlisted Personnelrefer to members of the AFP with the rank of Private up to First Chief Master Sergeant or their equivalent in the other services.

(c)Forced Attritionrefers to a mode of attrition wherein an officer or enlisted personnel who, after having been considered for promotion to the next higher grade, failed to qualify on account of his-her own fault, failure or negligence or lack of individual merit, or who has completed the maximum tenure-in-grade without being promoted, is subsequently separated or retired from military service.

(d)Graderefers to the military rank of a commissioned officer and enlisted personnel. Commissioned officers, from the lowest to highest, are:

(1) Second Lieutenant/Ensign (PN);

(2) First Lieutenant/Lieutenant Junir Grade (PN);

(3) Captain/Lieutenant (PN);

(4) Major/Lieutenant Commander (PN);

(5) Lieutenant Colonel/Commander (PN);

(6) Colonel/Captain (PN);

(7) Brigadier General/Commodore (PN);

(8) Major General/Rear Admiral (PN);

(9) Lieutenant General/Vice Admiral (PN);

(10) General/Admiral (PN).

Enlisted personnel, from lowest to highest, are:

(1) Private;

(2) Private First Class;

(3) Corporal;

(4) Sergeant;

(5) Staff Sergeant;

(6) Technical Sergeant;

(7) Master Sergeant;

(8) Senior Master Sergeant;

(9) Chief Master Sergeant; and

(10) First Chief Master Sergeant or their equivalent in the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force.

(e)Officersrefer to commissioned personnel in the regular force of AFP.

(f)Primary Zonerefers to officers who are on promotable status in the uppermost portion of the promotion list equivalent to the number of declared vacancies.

(g)Procurementrefers to the process of obtaining personnel through recruitment, selection, and appointment.

(h)Tenure-in-Graderefers to the allowable or maximum year given to an Officer/Enlisted Personnel in a certain grade/rank.