Bicol’s best soldiers off to Mindanao

LEGAZPI CITY: Soldiers belonging from Army’s 42 Infantry Battalion regarded as the best government troops in the region were deployed to Mindanao on Sunday for a combat mission to augment the Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) troops.

The 42nd Infantry Battalion will augment the forces conducting combat operations in the areas of Zamboanga, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi (Zambasulta) in compliance with President Benigno Aquino 3rd directive to step-up the campaign against different threat groups in Mindanao.