The term refers to a commitment to maintaining a certain fitness level, but the phrase no longer appears in Army handbooks.Īs adopted means of screening, generation by generations of Guardians, different styles, and different opinions changes turned into a fraternity-style recognition. The dozen exercise was renamed by the Army as “Army Dozen” and outside the Philippines, in 2000, by then-RMG Mel, re-adapted and renamed as the Guardians’ Dozen when he introduced first abroad somewhere in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, unknowingly it was the same name by out forefathers in 1980s as sort of screening test. The “daily dozen” originally consisted of 12 simple exercises that took about 15 – 30 minutes to complete.
