Luciano L. Gaboy is a 1976 Bachelor of Science graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, USA.

He was born on January 7, 1954 in Nueva Ecija, Philippines; and consistently topped his studies from Grade 1 to 4^th Year, graduating as class valedictorian in 1971. 

He entered the Philippine Military Academy in Fort del Pilar, Baguio City in 1971. His academic standing during his first year at PMA qualified him to take the competitive examinations for the US Military Academy, which offered one cadet slot for a Filipino citizen.

In 1972, he left for the United States for a 4-year military and academic training at West Point. He returned to the Philippines in 1976 and joined the Philippine Constabulary.

He later became a PMA instructor and an Assistant in the PMA Instructional Research and Computerization Office.

In 1987, his company won the Best PC Company Award (nationwide). 

He held the position of Assistant Provincial Director of Bulacan PNP Command, where he held the rank of a Police Superintendent (equivalent to lieutenant colonel), prior to deciding on his early optional retirement from the police service.

In his career, he received numerous medals, the highest of which is the Gold Cross; and numerous letters of recognition and plaques of appreciation and recognition, to include regional award as Senior Officer of the Year in the Field of Administration in Region 3 for 1994. 

He passed the NAPOLCOM examination for superintendent in 1991 with a rating of 85.21%, landing in the top five among the examinees nationwide.

His first published work was a short story entitled Nancy, published in Tagumpay Magazine in 1971. 

In 1980 and 1981, he published two books on cadet and military humor entitled Corps DYOKZ I and II. His other writings pertain to PNP.

He joined the corporate sector recently and is now working as the Security Director in one of the more progressive telecommunication companies in the Philippines.

He is married to former Percy Limbawan, a former beauty princess and former member of the Women’s Auxiliary Corps of the Philippine Constabulary. They have four children, named Apollo, Mariner, Jupiter Mars and Milmar Soyuz.


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