3rd Infantry Division (Philippines)

3rd Infantry Division
Unit Seal of the 3ID, PA
Active	January 03, 1942- June 30, 1946 (as 3rd Infantry Division, PCA) July 01, 1946 - Present
Country	Philippines
Branch	Philippine Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Conventional warfare, counter-insurgency
Size	3 Brigades
Part of	3rd Military Area under the Philippine Commonwealth Army (1942-1946) Under the Philippine Army (Since 1946)
Garrison/HQ	Camp Gen Macario Peralta Jr, Jamindan, Capiz
Nickname(s)	Spearhead Troopers
Motto(s)	The Armed Peacekeepers for Peace and Progress
Engagements	World War II * Japanese Occupation of the Philippines (1942-1945) * Battle of Luzon (1945) * Battle of the Visayas (1945) Communist Insurgency in the Philippines Anti-guerilla operations against the NPA and local criminal elements.
Commanders
Current commander	MGEN JON AYING AFP
Notable commanders	Maj. Gen. Fortunato Abat, AFP
Insignia
Armed Forces Occupational Specialty Insignia

The 3rd Infantry Division, is a unit of the Philippine Army, based at Camp Gen Macario Peralta Jr in Jamindan, Capiz, Philippines.

During the Second World War II under the Japanese Occupation, the 3rd Infantry Division, Philippine Commonwealth Army was established on January 3, 1942, to June 30, 1946, under the 3rd Military Area of the Commonwealth Army were founded on 1942 to 1946 at the military general headquarters and military camps and garrisoned in Central Luzon was the assigned to combat the armed forces of the Japanese Imperial military insurgency in Central Luzon, before the Liberation of the Philippines and started the fall of engagements of the Anti-Japanese Imperial Military Operations in Central Luzon from 1942 to 1945 included the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Northern Tayabas (now. Aurora and Quezon), Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales to helping local various recognized guerrilla units, the Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas led by Supremo Luis Taruc and U.S. liberating troops by defeated and fought against from the Japanese Imperial forces.

When the sending of the local clearing military combat operations in Central Luzon and two major provinces of Bulacan and Northern Tayabas (now. Aurora and Quezon) and they entering by the local troops and officers under the PCA 3rd Infantry Division and supported by the local guerrilla groups and American military forces and they defeating Imperial Japanese troops included the Liberation of Bulacan and the Northern Tayabas Campaign on 1945. The local soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was cleared and captured the two provinces of Bulacan and Northern Tayabas (now. Aurora and Quezon) was found liberated after the main battles, sieges and invading commands. During the Liberation of Bulacan, local troopers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army 3rd Infantry Division was entered and they found liberated the province of Bulacan and they supporting the local Bulaceño guerrilla resistance under the Bulacan Military Area (BMA) and the U.S. liberation military forces was attacking the Imperial Japanese troops. The combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth troops captured and clearing the province of Bulacan after the fighting of the main battle. Since the Northern Tayabas Campaign, local troopers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army 3rd Infantry Division was retaken and found liberated in Northern Tayabas and helped the local guerrilla resistance fighter groups and the U.S. liberation military forces was attacking the Imperial Japanese troops include the Battle of Baler, Battle of Casiguran, Siege of Dinalungan and the Liberation of San Luis. The combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth troops captured and clearing the province of Northern Tayabas after the fighting of the main battles and campaigns.