DWDD: 101 DAYS | AFP to make adjustment from lessons learned in Marawi

From DWDD AFP Civil Relations Service Radio Website (Aug 31): 101 DAYS  |  AFP to make adjustment from lessons learned in Marawi



MINDANAO (DWDD) – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) needs to strengthen its training on Urban Warfare.

According to Col Romeo Brawner, Deputy Commander of Joint Task Force Ranao, this is some of the lessons they learned from their battle with the Daesh-inspired Maute Terror Group in Marawi for the past 100 days.

The AFP is amenable that most of our soldiers were trained in jungle warfare, to combat communist and secessionist rebels, while only our Light Reaction Battalion are specialized in urban warfare.



It can be recalled that after the Zamboanga siege in 2013, our Light Reaction Battalion was upgrade to a regiment in the event that fighting will once again shift to an urban setting. But with the lesson of Marawi, it is important that all our soldiers are trained on both jungle and urban warfare.

Col Brawner added that the AFP must also train more soldiers as snipers, because in Marawi most of the fighting was sniper versus sniper.

For the past 101 days, the death toll has almost reached 800, where 617 is from the enemy side, 133 from the government and 45 are civilians. AES / ALS

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