The number of military troops deployed in the region has even increased after December 2010, when the AFP's latest counterinsurgency program Oplan Bayanihan was declared operational.
Lalo pang dumami ang itinambak na pwersang militar sa rehiyon matapos ideklara noong Disyembre 2010 ang Oplan Bayanihan, ang pinakabagong programang counterinsurgency ng AFP.