From the Visayan Daily Star (Jul 18): 79th IB leaving NegOr today
The 500-plus men of the 79th Infantry “Masaligan” Battalion of the Philippine Army will leave Negros Oriental today for a three-month Battalion of Excellence training in Nueva Ecija.
Lt. Col. Harold Anthony Pascua, 79th IB commander, said yesterday that the battalion will pull out from its headquarters in Siaton, Negros Oriental, and board a C-130 cargo plane of the Philippine Air Force from the Dumaguete-Sibulan Airport.
The 79th IB, that arrived in Negros Oriental in February 2008 from Bohol, will undergo the training that aims to improve the fighting capability of the 79th IB at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija.
The battalion's “move, shoot and communicate” capabilities will be enhanced, to include the provision of more vehicles, firearms, radio communications equipment and the like, Pascua said.
The 20th IB will replace the 79th IB in all its vacated posts and take over responsibilities of areas it had controlled or occupied, he also said.
He assured there shall be no vacuum left with the pullout of the 79th IB, that is expected to return to Negros Oriental in October.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2014/July/18/negor2.htm
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