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Major (retd) Baharin bin Abd Jalil, (Service number: 410560), the then one of a Platoon Commander in A Company of the 1st Battalion, Malaysian Ranger Regiment. At that time, he held the rank of "Leftenan Muda" ('2nd Lieutenant'). He was tasked to conduct blocks in several places around Kampung Goebilt, Sarawak in Operation "Hentam". Blocks are positions where a unit acts as a stopping force, the anvil. The pursuing force, the hammer, would fire-fight the enemy into the anvil to be decimated efficiently. This "Hammer and Anvil" tactic is widely used in jungle warfare.