MELCHOR HALL.Proud parents and relatives of the graduating cadets of the Philippine Military Academy(PMA), the Asia’s premier military school, walks past near the facade of the Melchor Hall inside the said academy in Fort Del Pilar, Baguio City. A total of 324 young men and women graduated this year at the said military school and will enter the Armed Forces as second lieutenants. The 2006 PMA Class is called MANDALA(Mandirigmang Dangal ng Lahi).(RAY B. ZAMBRANO)

SHAKU.This is one of the landmarks inside the Philippine Military Academy. It is the giant replica of a head gear called shaku use by cadets.(RAY B. ZAMBRANO)

SUNDIAL.Another landmark at the Philippine Military Academy(PMA). The pool beside the landmark is used by the young cadets as they “dunk” the senior cadets who are graduating.(RAY B. ZAMBRANO)