TF Davao seeks additional soldiers

From the Mindanao Times (Dec 17): TF Davao seeks additional soldiers

THE military unit in the city has asked its mother unit to provide more soldiers to help in intensifying surveillance and warding off threats, a top official of the unit said. Lt. Col. Gerry Besana, Task Force Davao spokesperson, said the unit has asked the 10th Infantry Division and the Eastern Mindanao Command for more soldiers as some of its soldiers were assigned to do relief operations for victims of the typhoon Pablo. Besana said the additional soldiers will help in detecting the entry of terrorists into the city as the task force needed more soldiers to sueprvise checkpoints. He said the unit also needed more experts who know how to detect improvised explosives.“We have to add more technical capability, since humans have limitations, mostly relying on the five senses,” he said, adding that bomb sniffing dogs must also be taught of the modern way of detecting explosives.He also justified the setting up of checkpoints, saying these military units are necessary to prevent the entry of terrorists like the Malaysian who was killed in a shootout inside a hotel.He explained that the task force already tracked the Malaysian and his wife when the entered the city last week.

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