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Reading a one-page prepared statement, Maphwanya said the SANDF had noted the media reports making “alarming allegations about the existence of the so-called South African National Defence Force death squad, responsible for acts of kidnapping, torture and murder”. 

South African Police Service Colonel Frans Mathipa was shot in the head and killed by unknown assassins on Sunday, 6 August 2023. Were SANDF Special Forces soldiers the skilled shooters who murdered a seasoned investigator in the Hawks’ Crimes Against the State Unit? If they were, could this ex...

Colonel Frans Mathipa was killed by unknown assassins on Sunday, 6 August. Who are the skilled shooters who murdered a seasoned Hawks investigator?

Elite forces of the Philippine Army (PA) and United States Army kicked off a month-long bilateral training drills in Palawan on Monday, August 15. Members of the Philippine Army’s Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) [SFR(A)] and U.S. Army Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC) pose for a tok

One of the pioneers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Special Forces paid respect to the late former President Fidel V. Ramos, who was also the founding commander of the military’s most elite unit, during the latter’s wake at the Heritage Park in Taguig City on Saturday, August 6.

Special Forces from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and members of the Australian Defense Force's (ADF) Army have finished the two-month long “KASANGGA 2022-1” bilateral exercise which effectively enhanced the interoperability of the two units, the military disclosed Saturday, July 2. (

DEFENSE TIES. Philippine Army commanding general Army Lt. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr., hands a memento to Australian envoy H.E. Steven J. Robinson AO in a courtesy call at the Headquarters Philippine Army, Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila to bolster the Philippine-Australia defense ties on April 20, 2022.(Photo courtesy of the Philippine Army) MANILA-The defense ties between the Philippines and Australia got a further boost following the courtesy call on Wednesday of Australian Ambassador Steven J. Ro...

‘Our forces continue to inflict massive losses to the terrorists as we speak,’ said General Rudzani Maphwanya. ‘Our forces continue to inflict massive losses to the terrorists as we speak,’ said General Rudzani Maphwanya.

The Philippine Army (PA) and the United States Army have finished the first-ever US-validated jungle operations training course as part of this year’s Salaknib Exercise at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija, the military said Saturday, March 26. (Courtesy of Philippine Army) Around 100 troops from th

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to acquire advanced jet trainer aircraft from China, under a deal announced by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 23 February. Known as the JL-10 in China's People's Liberation Army Air Force and People's Libe...