"Marcelo C. Blando, is a retired Philippine Brigadier General turned gentleman farmer. He graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1960 and commanded the Philippines\u2019 1st Scout Ranger Regiment and the Philippine Army's 7th Infantry (Kaugnay) Division. A classic \"arms-to-farms\" story, in the late 1980s Blando was a leading figure in the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM), involved in the failed 1989 coup d'\u00E9tat that almost toppled the administration of then President Corazon Aquino."@en . "Mar"@en . . . "Republic of the Philippines" . "1991Z"^^ . "1956Z"^^ . "Filipino general" . "First Scout Ranger Regiment,7th Infantry (Kaugnay) Division" . "Blando, Marcelo"@en . "Marcelo C. Blando"@en . . .