The 4th Special Forces Battalion, headed by Negrense Lt.
Col. Eliglen Villaflor, was adjudged as Best Battalion of the First Special
Forces Regiment during the 25th founding anniversary of the Special Operations
Command, held Friday at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City
The award was received by Villaflor from Defense Secretary
Voltaire Gazmin and Special Operations Command chief, Maj. Gen. Donato San
Juan.
Villaflor yesterday said he offered the award to the
dedicated and hardworking personnel of the 4th SF Battalion, and various
stakeholders in the private sector, government, non-government organizations,
and private individuals who gave him their untiring support in the performance
of their mission in Basilan.
SOCOM is home to the Army's elite forces – the First Scout
Ranger Regiment and the Light Reaction Regiment, aside from the FSFR, which
figured prominently in most AFP campaigns nationwide, especially in Mindanao .
Villaflor used to serve as commanding officer of the 32 nd
SF Company deployed in northern Negros , in
mid1990s.
The mission of SOCOM is to organize, train, equip and
sustain the Army's special operation forces in the conduct of special
operations in support to the Philippine Army mission.
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