Major General Efren Pallera Baluyot PA is the current and the 24th Division Commander, Armor (Pambato) Division, Philippine Army. He is a proud member of the Philippine Military Academy "Makatao" Class of 1989 and hails from Las Piñas City.
As a seasoned combatant, his extensive command and leadership experiences in the field against communist insurgency and Muslim secessionist propelled his significant and steady rise in the chain of the Philippine Army. As a young officer, he served as platoon leader of Alpha Company of 42nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Philippine Army; Executive Officer and later as a Company Commander of Alpha Company of 42nd Infantry Battalion, 203rd Infantry Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Philippine Army deployed in Bondoc Peninsula during the peak of the implementation phase of the then AFP Campaign Plan Lambat-Bitag that confronted the CTM guerilla fronts of Southern Tagalog that ...