The members
of the Armed Forces of the Philippines has again shown and proved that its
members is of world class caliber of an organization.
Forty
members of the elite members of the Philippine Army’s Special Operations Command
were sent to Singapore for a two week military operation and urban training
that was held at the Murai Urban Training Facility in Lim Chu Kang.
This was an
offer from the Singapore government during the height of the Marawi crisis to
provide much needed urban training for the Philippine troops in their very own
counter terror facility in Singapore. *
Philippine elite soldiers in action at the Murai Urban Training Facility in Lim Chu Kang, Singapore ( photo credit to straitstimes website) |
Last Dec. 13
was the culmination of the professional exchange program between the two ASEAN
countries- Philippines and Singapore. The two week exchange focused on the
mutual learnings that of small unit tactics, techniques and procedures needed
to fight in an urban environment.
"The
experience that the Philippine Army soldiers have from the Marawi crisis has
allowed us to validate our doctrines and drills in the urban operations, Colonel
Liew Kok Keong, commander of the Infantry Training Institute who oversaw the
exchange between the two militaries.
"The
friendship and bond forged in this professional exchange will strengthen the
cooperation between the two countries and help to improve the security in our
region," he added.
“Such
training was important as it provided the soldiers with the skills required to
accomplish any given mission, head of the Philippine Army delegation Major
Edwin Mirador.
Some of the
soldiers here for the exchange had fought in the five-month Marawi conflict
with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria-affiliated Maute militants on the island of
Mindanao that ended in October this year. In the Marawi city siege more than 1,000
people is estimated to have killed with the residents more than 400,000
displaced by the fighting. *
"The
professional exchange with the SAF has allowed us to share knowledge on the
Marawi operations and adopt SAF's urban operations training procedures for
learning. Therefore, co-sharing between the armies was an essential training
aid," said Major Mirador, who is also commandant of the Counter Terrorist
Development Training School.
Report from Straitstimes
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HA?NOW KO LNAG NABASA ETO PERO ANG TANGA TANGA NG SINGAPORE TO INVITE US FOR TRAINING, BKA DAPAT SILA ANG PUMUNTA DITO TO LEARN FROM US WLA NAMN SILANG EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO WAR. GANDA NGA NG MILITARY EQUIPMENT NG SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES PANG INDEPENCE DAY PARADE LANG ANG SILBI.
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