Duterte visits military camps

From the Sun Star-Zamboanga (Aug 13): Duterte visits military camps

PRESIDENTIAL Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Martin Andanar said the visit of President Rodrigo Duterte to military camps is part of Duterte’s official tasks as the Armed Forces commander-in-chief.

Andanar issued the statement following observations that President Rodrigo Duterte had been visiting the major military camps around the country.

President Duterte visited Friday the troops in Camp General Teodulfo Bautista in Jolo, Sulu and met with top military officials to get first hand information of the ongoing focused military operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).

Camp Bautista, which houses the Joint Task Force Sulu, is the eighth military camp President Duterte has visited since he assumed the presidency.

Andanar said President Duterte has to visit the military camps just like the previous Presidents to boost the soldiers’ morale and to personally interact with the on the government’s programs lined up for the AFP.

However, Andanar said there are two military camps which President Duterte has visited that were never visited by the previous presidents.

The secretary said he cannot say yet “as of now” what military camp President Duterte is going to visit.

President Duterte has reiterated during his “talk to the soldiers” that all their needs will be provided by the government.

He announced that the presidential jet will be converted into an air ambulance to serve the soldiers in the battlefield.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2016/08/13/duterte-visits-military-camps-491245