WESTMINCOM: 1st Brigade Combat Team arrives in Zambo City

Posted to the Western Mindanao Command (WESTMINCOM) Website (Jun 2, 2019): 1st Brigade Combat Team arrives in Zambo City



The 1st Brigade Combat Team (1BCT) of the Philippine Army finally arrived in Zamboanga City at 7am today, 02 June 2019.

The 1BCT, led by Brigadier General Leopoldo Imbang, Jr. was deployed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) purposely to conduct focused military operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group in Sulu province under the Joint Area of Operations of the Joint Task Force Sulu.

After the successful conduct of the midterm elections, the Western Mindanao Command, AFP will now again focus on the campaign against terrorism and violent extremism.

The deployment of these troops also intends to add to the required personnel and equipment of the newly created 11th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army.

“Now that our troops have been augmented, we are expecting more gains in the fight against the Abu Sayyaf Group that has been sowing terror, death, and destruction in Sulu,” WestMinCom chief Lieutenant General Arnel B. Dela Vega said.

http://www.westmincom.com/1st-brigade-combat-team-arrives-in-zambo-city/