Benny or "Feli" quoted in his graduation book (The Sword): "BATTLE IS THE PAYOFF . . . It is the objective that counts not the incidents" Of course, there are many ways in serving the country, not necessarily in combat. He resigned from the Air Force and together with Ding Adriano and Lito Javier, they joined the commercial airlines. Benny's last battle was that dreaded cancer of the lungs.