AFP Western Mindanao Command
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The Western Mindanao Command, known officially as the WestMinCom, is one the Armed Forces of the Philippines
' Wide Support Commands Combating Terrorism and Insurgency in Mindanao.
Armed Forces of the Philippines
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is composed of the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force...
' Wide Support Commands Combating Terrorism and Insurgency in Mindanao.
Units
The following are the units that are under the Western Mindanao Command.- 1st Infantry (TABAK) Division, PA1st Infantry (TABAK) DivisionThe 1st Infantry Division, Philippine Army, known officially as the Tabak Division, is the Philippine Army's primary Infantry unit, and specializes in anti-guerrilla warfare...
- 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion, PA1st Scout Ranger RegimentThe Scout Rangers, known officially as the First Scout Ranger Regiment, is a Philippine Army Special Operations Command unit, and specializes in anti-guerrilla warfare...
- 1st Light Reaction Battalion, PA
- Naval Forces Western Mindanao, PN
- 205th Tactical Helicopter Wing, PAF
Operations
- Anti-guerrilla operations against the New People's ArmyNew People's ArmyThe New People's Army is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. It was formed on March 29, 1969. The Maoist NPA conducts its armed guerrilla struggle based on the strategical line of 'protracted people's war'.The NPA exacts so called "revolutionary taxes" from business owners...
* Anti-terrorist operations against the Abu SayyafAbu SayyafAbu Sayyaf also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country...
operating in their AOR.
Trivia
- LGen Nelson Allaga was the former commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps.
- LGen Raymundo Ferrer was the Martial Law Chief in Maguindanao after the massacre last Nov. 23, 2009.