Kalinaw News: AFP Chief awards MAM to Philippine Army Rangers

Posted to Kalinaw News (Oct 28, 2019): AFP Chief awards MAM to Philippine Army Rangers



CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City—The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Noel Clement awarded today, October 28, the Meritorious Achievement Medal to the eight-man team from the Philippine Army’s First Scout Ranger Regiment (FSRR) that bagged the silver prize at the Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2019.

The Filipino Scout Rangers outlasted 139 other patrol teams from different militaries in the grinding two-day patrolling mission that covered over 60 kilometers of Welsh terrain, carrying 25 kilos of provisions and equipment under unfamiliar freezing weather.

“Congratulations to the members of the team from the FSRR. Our Rangers have shown that the AFP is indeed a world-class armed force that every Filipino can be proud of,” Lt. Gen. Clement said during the joint flag-raising and awarding ceremony at the General Headquarters here.

The team composed of 1LT Michael Jungo, Sgt Romero Sadava, Sgt Francis Rey Patches, Sgt Emmanuel Cabaron, Cpl Rico Gundao, Cpl Alexander Parongpong Jr, Cpl Felipe Nebre, and Cpl Jojen Gastar from FSRR outlasted other Special Operations units from the AFP to earn the right to represent the Philippines in the annual event.

The Philippine Army started sending representatives in 2017 in what is dubbed a world-class challenge and considered as “toughest and biggest of its kind” that attracts the best teams from every military.

The Cambrian Patrol Exercise 2019 is on its 60th iteration and was held from October 14 to 16, 2019 in Wales, United Kingdom.

Participating teams are given a set of orders on specific scenarios that include simulated battles and terrain navigation. Along the way, they were met with challenges including casualty evacuation, mock IED disposal, intelligence gathering, water crossing, and close-target reconnaissance, among others.

The teams are awarded points based on how they dealt with the challenges. In the end, the Filipino Scout Rangers won the Silver Medal following a team from Nepal that bagged the Gold prize.

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