AFP to establish command outpost in Luzon's northernmost islet

From GMS News Online (May 3): AFP to establish command outpost in Luzon's northernmost islet

The Philippine military on Tuesday confirmed its plans to establish a permanent command outpost in Y'Ami Island, Luzon's northernmost islet, to ward off foreign occupants.

The decision came following the unfurling of a Philippine flag by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on the island over the weekend.

"The outpost is necessary to establish our occupation of these northern islands and islets," a military officer, who refused to be identified, said. "It will prevent these islands and islets from being occupied by our neighbors."

 Lt. Gen. Romeo Tanalgo led the unfurling of the flag along with 18 officers and enlisted personnel in full battle gear who sung the national anthem in a brief ceremony.

Tanalgo was flown to Itbayat, Batanes, via Air Force cargo plane the same day to inspect a team of medical personnel from the AFP for a medical-dental-civic action activity before heading to the island.

The AFP personnel then boarded the BRP Ramon Alcaraz to Y'Ami Island, which sits just four hours way from the southernmost city of Kaoshiung in Taiwan.

After the ceremony, the gun boat proceeded to Basco, Batanes, and boarded a C-295 aircraft heading back to Clark Air Force Base in Pampanga.

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