ILIGAN CITY – Operating troops from the 7th and 9th Scout Ranger Company under the 3rd Scout Ranger Battalion encountered an undetermined number of Dawlah Islamiyah members in the hinterlands of Barangay Piangologan, Marogong town in Lanao del Sur at around 8:58 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31.
A member of the Scout Ranger Battalion and a New People’s Army rebel were killed in an encounter in Barangay Geparaayan De Turag in Silvino Lobos town on Monday.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Scout Ranger was killed while his colleague was wounded in an ambush in Sumisip, Basilan on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
The fatality was identified as a certain Staff Sgt. de Jesus while Staff Sgt. Roby Gallo Balbuena, 32, was wounded in the incident.
Both are assigned to the 14th Sc
ADDITIONAL TROOPS. The newly-deployed soldiers in Northern Samar province during a welcome ceremony in Palo town, Leyte province on Feb. 20, 2023. The soldiers are tasked to help suppress the New People's Army in Northern Samar, considered the last bastion of insurgency in the country.(PNA photo by Sarwell Meniano) PALO, Leyte - The Philippine Army has welcomed the arrival of two battalions from Mindanao tasked to help suppress the New People's Army (NPA) in Northern Samar province, considered the last bastion of insurgency in the country. The Army's 8th Infantry Division formally welcomed around 1,000 soldiers from the 74th Infantry Battalion (IB) and 42nd IB during a ceremony at the Government Center here late Monday. Before their deployment in the region, the 74th IB troopers fought the Abu Sayyaf Group in Basilan province. The unit also took part in the campaigns of the Western Mindanao Command under the Operational Control of Joint Task Force Zamboanga. The 42nd IB was