It may have been that this was his destiny, as he bears the same Aboriginal name as his great-grandfather-Bakalefa Rulong-and similarly shows the characteristic warrior spirit of the Paiwan. By the strictest definition-being born to parents who are both Aboriginal-there have only been two truly Aboriginal generals in the Republic of China military, making them a tiny minority in the higher ranks.
或許是祖靈庇佑，將軍繼承了曾祖父的原住民傳統名字巴卡勒法・如戎，兩人身上也同樣散發著排灣族勇士的英氣。從父、母都具原住民血統的嚴格標準來看，我國目前僅有兩位原住民將軍，在國軍的「星」光大道上，原住民是絕對的少數。