MANILA - Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin justifies the deployment of the 7 slain Marines who were on a test mission when they were killed by the Abu Sayyaf.
Gazmin said the deployment of the students from the Marine Force Reconnaissance Class for a test mission was needed to hone their skills in the field.
He adds this is not the first time that the military sustained casualties during a test mission.
The students were deployed to conduct tracking operations against an Abu Sayyaf Group involved in recent kidnapping incidents.
Former Marine colonel Ariel Querubin said the Marine recon students should not have been sent to engage the enemy.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/05/28/13/gazmin-justifies-test-mission-slain-soldiers
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