RAM Boys: Then and Now
Malacañang
Ricardo "Dick" Morales
PMA Class '77
Imelda Marcos aide recruited by DND officers who was in on the plotting with RAM, but was forced to squeal after Ferdinand Marcos got wind of the coup plot
Reached the rank of brigadier general and retired from the Philippine Army in March 2010 after serving as camp commander of the Army headquarters in Fort Bonifacio
Jake Malajacan
PMA Class '71
Close-in of Gringo who was arrested by Fabian Ver’s officers when coup plot was discovered and made to appear on TV on Feb. 21 to tell the public about the mutiny vs. Marcos
Became senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado and supported Joseph Estrada in the 1998 elections
Camp Aguinaldo
with Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile
Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan
PMA Class '71
Senior aide to Enrile who was the most visible operations man among the coup plotters
Mounted several foiled coup plots against Cory Aquino; currently a Senator
Eduardo "Red" Kapunan
PMA Class '71
Part of Enrile’s staff who was involved in coup plot operations
Granted amnesty by President Ramos in 1995 and last known to be managing his own private bank in Iloilo
Rex Robles
PMA Class '65
Acted as RAM spokesman
Served as member of Feliciano Commission that looked into 2003 Oakwood mutiny and last seen in media interviews about Reyes suicide
Camp Crame
with AFP Chief of Staff Fidel Ramos
Rosendo Ferrer
PMA Class '76
One of the original RAM boys who was part of an intelligence group in the then-Philippine Constabulary led by Vic Batac that started the movement to reform the military in the face of the excesses and abuses of the Marcoses.
Took early retirement after the Ramos administration and was last known to be working for an energy company
Diosdado Valeroso
PMA Class '82
One of the original RAM boys who was part of an intelligence group in the then-Philippine Constabulary led by Vic Batac that started the movement to reform the military in the face of the excesses and abuses of the Marcoses.
Organized the Young Officers’ Union and later became the comptroller of the PNP Special Action Force
Vic Batac
PMA Class '71
Ramos aide known as the brains behind coup plot; he broke away from Ramos due to personal differences and joined Enrile’s aides who were his PMA classmates
Became director for logistics of the PNP and retired on Dec. 15, 2005; currently the executive director of the Philippine National Police Foundation Inc
Sonny Razon
PMA Class '74
Aide of Ramos who eventually joined the rebel officers after Marcos discovered the coup plot
Became PNP chief and head of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process; ran but lost in the mayoralty race of Manila in the May 2010 polls