COMMUNITY DEFENDERS. The Army's 11th Infantry Division (ID) trains two batches of reservists and one batch of militiamen in 2021 to fortify the community's defense against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits in the province of Sulu. The first batch of reservists completes basic military training of the Army's 11th Infantry Division (ID) in Jolo, Sulu on Jan. 23, 2021 and forms part of the first-ever Sulu Ready Reserve Battalion. Also completing the training are another batch of reservists in December 2021 and one batch of militiamen in March 2021. (Photo courtesy of the 11ID Public Affairs Unit) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The year 2021 saw the Philippine Army, through the three-year-old 11th Infantry Division (ID), strengthening its community defense against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits in the province of Sulu. It started with the activation of the first-ever Sulu Ready Reserve Battalion in January. Initially, the members of the battalion comprised 195 Tausugs, who graduated on
COMMUNITY DEFENDERS. The first batch of reservists completes basic military training of the Army's 11th Infantry Division (ID) in Jolo, Sulu on Jan. 23, 2021 and forms part of the first-ever Sulu Ready Reserve Battalion to fortify the community defense against the Abu Sayyaf Group bandits in Sulu. The 11ID also completed the training of another batch of reservists in December 2021 and one batch of militiamen in March 2021. (Photo courtesy of the 11ID Public Affairs Unit) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The year 2021 caught sight of the Philippine Army, through the three-year-old 11th Infantry Division (ID), strengthening the community defense against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits in the province of Sulu. The community defense build-up started with the activation of the first-ever Sulu Ready Reserve Battalion (SRRB) in January this year. Initially, the members of the SRRB comprised 195 Tausugs, who have graduated on January 23 from a 45-day Basic Citizen Military Training (BCMT) conducted by