202nd Infantry Battalion (Ready Reserve)

202 Infantry Battalion (Ready Reserve)
202 Infantry Battalion (Ready Reserve)
	Unit Seal of the 202nd Infantry Battalion (Ready Reserve)
Active	20 July 2006 – Present
Country	Philippines
Allegiance	Republic of the Philippines
Branch	Philippine Army
Type	Army Reserve; Light Infantry Battalion
Role	Conventional and Unconventional Warfare, Guerrilla warfare, Counter-guerrilla Operations, SAR and CSAR, Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, Civil-Military Operations and Civil-military Co-operations, Spec-Ops, MOUT
Size	3 Ready Reserve Companies and 1 Headquarters & Headquarters Service Company
Part of	Under the 1502nd Quezon City Ready Reserve Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Bgy New Era, Quezon City
Nickname(s)	"The Second to None 202nd"
Motto(s)	"Honor and Bravery"
Mascot(s)	Quezon Monument
Anniversaries	20 July
Engagements	None
Decorations	; Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Badge
Commanders
Current; commander	MAJ ROMEO R RILLON (RES) PA
Notable; commanders	MAJ ROMEO R RILLON (RES) PA;
Insignia
Search and Rescue Tab
CMO Operator Tab
Philippine Army Infantry Branch Insignia
Laang Kawal Seal

The 202nd QC Ready Reserve Battalion, 1502nd Infantry Brigade (Ready Reserve), known officially as The Second to None 202nd, is one of the battalions of the Philippine Army Reserve Command, which is organic to the 1502nd Quezon City Ready Reserve Brigade. It is an infantry unit, and specializes in MOUT, disaster relief, and Civil Military Operations.

Organization

The following are the units that are presently placed under operational control of the 202nd QC Ready Reserve Battalion:^[1] Notable Commanders;

Commissioned Officials

Non Commissioned Officers

Security Augmentation – ASEAN Regional Summit (11 Jan 7 – 14 Jan 07)
Disaster SAR, Relief and Rehabilitation Operations (TF Ondoy)^[2] (27 Sep 9 – 15 Oct 09)
Security Operations OPLAN Kaluluwa (TF Casper) (21 Oct 9 – 2 Nov 09)
Security Operations (TF HOPE) (2010 Elections)^[3] (9 May 2010 – 12 May 2010)
Disaster SAR, Relief and Rehabilitation Operations (TF Habagat)^[4] (05 Aug 12 – 12 Aug 12)
Disaster SAR, Relief and Rehabilitation Operations (TF Maring) (16 Aug 13 – 24 Aug 13)
Relief Operations (TF Yolanda) (6 Nov 13 – 15 Nov 13)
Standby Augmentation Force (Ormoc) (TF Yolanda) (6 Nov 13 – 15 Nov 13)
Disaster SAR, Relief and Rehabilitation Operations (TF Glenda) (16 Jul 14 - 17 Jul 14)
Disaster SAR, Relief and Rehabilitation Operations (TF Mario) (19 Sep 14 - 21 Sep 14)

Award Streamer	Streamer Name	Operation	Date Awarded	Reference
	Presidential Unit Citation Badge	SAR/DRR Ops, TS Ketsana	4 February 2010	General Orders No. 112, GHQ-AFP, dated 4 February 2010
	Presidential Unit Citation Badge	General Elections, Philippines	1 July 2010	General Orders No. 641, GHQ-AFP, dated 1 July 2010

Military Badge	Badge Name	Operation	Date Awarded	Reference
	AFP Election Duty Badge	General Elections, Philippines	21 May 2010	General Orders No. 513, GHQ-AFP, dated 21 May 2010

^ General Orders Nr 233, HARESCOM dated 20 July 2006
^ "1,000 soldiers join rescue operations in Metro Manila, 3 provinces". The Philippine Star. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
^ http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=22746.0 Archived 13 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Articles and Pictures of TF HOPE (2010)
^ "SitRep No.1 re Effects of Southwest Monsoon Enhanced by TS "Haikui"" (PDF). National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2012.