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Special Forces Regiment (Philippine Army)

Index Special Forces Regiment (Philippine Army)

The Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) is a special forces unit of the Philippine Army and one of three specialized regiments of the Special Operations Command. [1]

33 relations: Abu Sayyaf, Al-Qaeda, Angelo Reyes, Antonio Trillanes, Arturo B. Ortiz, Battle of Marawi, Bomb disposal, Counter-insurgency, Election commission, Fidel Ramos, Fort Bonifacio, Fort Magsaysay, Jemaah Islamiyah, Light Reaction Regiment, Moro conflict, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Moro National Liberation Front, Naval Special Operations Group, New People's Army, Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines, Philippine Army, Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation, Philippines, Presidential Security Group, Psychological warfare, Special forces, Special Forces (United States Army), Special Operations Command (Philippines), Unconventional warfare, Vietnam War, Voltaire Gazmin, Zamboanga City crisis, 1st Scout Ranger Regiment.

Abu Sayyaf

Abu Sayyaf (جماعة أبو سياف;, ASG; Grupong Abu Sayyaf), unofficially known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Philippines Province, is a Jihadist militant and pirate group that follows the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam based in and around Jolo and Basilan islands in the southwestern part of the Philippines, where for more than four decades, Moro groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country.

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Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda (القاعدة,, translation: "The Base", "The Foundation" or "The Fundament" and alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qæda and sometimes al-Qa'ida) is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988.

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Angelo Reyes

Ángelo Tomás Reyes (March 17, 1945 – February 8, 2011), better known as Angelo Reyes, was the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff from 2000 to 2001 under President Joseph Estrada.

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Antonio Trillanes

Antonio Fuentes Trillanes IV (born August 6, 1971) is a retired Navy officer currently serving as a senator of the Philippines.

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Arturo B. Ortiz

Arturo B. Ortiz (born November 13, 1955) is a retired Filipino Lieutenant general who was the Commanding General of the Philippine Army from 2010-2011.

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Battle of Marawi

The Battle of Marawi (Labanan sa Marawi), also known as the Marawi siege (Pagkubkob sa Marawi) and the Marawi crisis (Krisis sa Marawi), was a five-month-long armed conflict in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, that started on 23 May 2017, between Philippine government security forces and militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), including the Maute and Abu Sayyaf Salafi jihadist groups.

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Bomb disposal

Bomb disposal is the process by which hazardous explosive devices are rendered safe.

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Counter-insurgency

A counter-insurgency or counterinsurgency (COIN) can be defined as "comprehensive civilian and military efforts taken to simultaneously defeat and contain insurgency and address its root causes".

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Election commission

An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of election procedures.

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Fidel Ramos

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Fort Bonifacio

Fort Bonifacio (formerly named as Fort McKinley), is the national headquarters of the Philippine Army (AFP) and is located in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

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Fort Magsaysay

Fort Ramon Magsaysay, also known as Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation (FMMR) and Fort Mag, is the largest military reservation in the Philippines, and is a key training areas of the Philippine Army.

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Jemaah Islamiyah

Jemaah Islamiyah (الجماعة الإسلامية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Congregation", frequently abbreviated JI) is a Southeast Asian militant extremist Islamist rebel group dedicated to the establishment of an Islamic state in Southeast Asia.

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Light Reaction Regiment

The Light Reaction Regiment is the premier counter-terrorist unit of the Philippine Army and the Special Mission Unit of the Philippines.

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Moro conflict

The Moro conflict is an insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines.

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Moro Islamic Liberation Front

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF; جبهة تحرير مورو الإسلامية Jabhat Taḥrīr Moro al-ʾIslāmiyyah) is a group based in Mindanao, Philippines seeking an autonomous region of the Moro people from the central government.

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Moro National Liberation Front

The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is a political organization in the Philippines that was founded in 1972.

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Naval Special Operations Group

The Naval Special Operations Group (NAVSOG) or Special Warfare Group (SWAG) is a unit of the Philippine Navy trained in special operations, sabotage, psychological and unconventional warfare and is heavily influenced by the United States Navy SEALs.

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New People's Army

The New People's Army (NPA) (Bagong Hukbong Bayan) is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

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Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines

Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines (OEF-P) or Operation Freedom Eagle was part of Operation Enduring Freedom and the global War on Terror.

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Philippine Army

The Philippine Army (PA; Filipino: Hukbong Katihan ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Ejército Filipino) is the main, oldest and largest branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) responsible for ground warfare.

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Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation

The Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Badge is a unit decoration of the Republic of the Philippines.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Presidential Security Group

The Presidential Security Group (PSG) is the lead agency tasked with providing security to the President of the Philippines, the Vice President of the Philippines, and their immediate families.

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Psychological warfare

Psychological warfare (PSYWAR), or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations (PSYOP), have been known by many other names or terms, including MISO, Psy Ops, political warfare, "Hearts and Minds", and propaganda.

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Special forces

Special forces and special operations forces are military units trained to conduct special operations.

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Special Forces (United States Army)

The United States Army Special Forces, colloquially known as the Green Berets due to their distinctive service headgear, are a special operations force tasked with five primary missions: unconventional warfare (the original and most important mission of Special Forces), foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, direct action, and counter-terrorism.

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Special Operations Command (Philippines)

On April 2018, The Philippines deactivated its Philippine Army Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Group, then activated the AFP Special Operations Command (AFPSOCOM) which puts together all special operations units of the 3 major armed services into a single unified command.

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Unconventional warfare

Unconventional warfare (abbreviated UW) is the support of a foreign insurgency or resistance movement against its government or an occupying power.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Voltaire Gazmin

Voltaire Gazmin (born October 22, 1944 in Moncada, Tarlac) is a Filipino soldier who was the 35th Secretary of the Department of National Defense of the Philippines.

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Zamboanga City crisis

The Zamboanga City crisis or Zamboanga Siege was an armed conflict in Zamboanga City, Philippines between the forces of the Philippine government and a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front, generally known by other factions as the Rogue MNLF Elements (RME) under the Sulu State Revolutionary Command (SSRC) led by Ustadz Habier Malik and Khaid Ajibon, whose group continues to recognize Nur Misuari as MNLF Chairman.

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1st Scout Ranger Regiment

The Scout Rangers, known officially as the First Scout Ranger Regiment, is a Philippine Army Special Operations Command unit specializing in anti-guerrilla jungle warfare, raids, ambushes, close quarters combat, urban warfare and sabotage.

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Redirects here:

1st Special Forces Airborne Regiment (Philippines), 1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne), Special Forces Regiment (Airborne).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Forces_Regiment_(Philippine_Army)

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