page_title: Giovanni Bacordo
section_title: Military background
hierarchical_section_title: Giovanni Bacordo / Military background
caption_attribution_description: English: 140319-N-ZZ999-002 MANILA, Republic of the Philippines (March 19, 2014)– Capt. Giovanni Bacordo, general staff course officer for the Philippines Navy, left, speaks along side Capt. Tony Cowden, 7th Fleet Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) officer, during a joint ‘Staff Talks’ exchange on board the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Blue Ridge andembarked 7th Fleet staff visited Manila during a Spring patrol operating forward, building maritime partnerships and conducting security and stability operations. (Philippines Navy photo by Seaman 2nd Class Jessie D Cerenio)
context_page_description: Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Jamero Bacordo is a Filipino Admiral who serves as the current Chief of the Philippine Navy. He is a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy "Hinirang" Class of 1987. Prior to his post, he served as the commander of the Philippine Fleet.
context_section_description: After graduating at the PMA in 1987, he was assigned to command major ships of the Philippine Navy such as the BRP Juan Magluyan (PC-392), the BRP Rafael Pargas (PC-379), BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19), and the BRP Rajah Humabon (PS-11). He was also assigned to lead naval forces, such as the Naval Task Force 41 of the AFP Western Command, Naval Task Force 61 and the Naval Task Force ZAMBASULTA of the AFP Western Mindanao Command, Joint Task Force Kingfisher and the Naval Forces Southern Luzon of the AFP Southern Luzon Command.
  He also served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff for Operations, N3, in 2013 to 2014, where he oversaw naval operations in the 2013 Lahad Datu standoff, as well as encounters of Chinese Ships at the Ayungin Shoal and in Scarborough Shoal, the sinking of the MV St. Thomas Aquinas, the Zamboanga Siege, the 2013 Bohol earthquake, and the Typhoon Haiyan. He also served as Director of the Center for Naval Leadership and Excellence, where he devised the Strategic Sail Plan 2020.
  He also led the Naval Sea Systems Command and the Philippine Fleet in April 2019, before being appointed as the new Flag Officer-in-Command of the Philippine Navy on February 3, 2020. He earned his third star and was promoted to Vice Admiral on April 22, 2020. The position of Flag Officer-in-Command was changed to Chief of the Navy on June 2020.
caption: Then Captain Bacordo in 2014
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