The Philippine Army activates the First Combade Team (BCT) and will train with US partners!
Channel: update defense
Date: 2018-12-17

The Philippine Army activates the First Combade Team (BCT) and will train with US partners.

MANILA - In line with efforts to form a compact and fast mobilization force, the Philippine Army (PA) on Saturday activated the First Combat Team Brigade (BCT) on the site of the New Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Fort Ramon Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija.

"This creation emanated when the Army, which became the main land force of the Philippine Armed Forces, deliberately began developing in 2016 a strategic territorial defense concept that aims to form a compact, responsive and modern force capable of engaging in conventional and / or non-existent conventional warfare, disaster relief and rescue operations, and other non-traditional roles, "military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Louie Villanueva said.


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