Friday, December 14, 2018

Army troops in baptism of fire

From the Manila Bulletin (Dec 13): Army troops in baptism of fire

Army troops clashed on a test mission had their baptism of fire when they clashed with at least 20 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) Thursday morning in Calu­bian town, Leyte.

8th Infantry Division Public Af­fairs Officer Capt. Francis Agno said the soldiers from the 93rd and 78th Infantry Battalions led by 1Lt. Julieto Degorio were on a test mission when they chanced upon the communist reb­els who were having a plenum in Sitio Calogtogan, Barangay Anislagan.

The encounter lasted for about 15 minutes, Agno said. He did not say if there were casualties from either side but mentioned that an M16 rifle, five cellphones and subversive documents were left by the rebels.


https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/12/13/army-troops-in-baptism-of-fire/

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