{"id":86399,"date":"2017-01-23T03:14:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T08:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=86399"},"modified":"2017-01-23T03:14:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T08:14:55","slug":"navy-air-force-to-play-key-role-in-defeating-asg-threat-ano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/01\/23\/navy-air-force-to-play-key-role-in-defeating-asg-threat-ano\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy, Air Force to play key role in defeating ASG threat\u2014A\u00f1o"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_86400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86400\" style=\"width: 708px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/708px-Philippine_Navy_Special_Forces_soldier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86400\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/708px-Philippine_Navy_Special_Forces_soldier.jpg\" alt=\"Navy, Air Force to play key role in defeating ASG threat\u2014A\u00f1o (Photo byTroy Roat, U.S. Navy [Public domain])\" width=\"708\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/708px-Philippine_Navy_Special_Forces_soldier.jpg 708w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/708px-Philippine_Navy_Special_Forces_soldier-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Navy, Air Force to play key role in defeating ASG threat\u2014A\u00f1o (Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3APhilippine_Navy_Special_Forces_soldier.jpg\">Troy Roat, U.S. Navy [Public domain]<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>MANILA\u2014The Navy and Air Force will play a critical role in defeating the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) threat and lawless elements.<\/p>\n<p>This was stressed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He made this pronouncements during recent visits to Philippine Navy (PN) headquarters in Roxas Boulevard, Manila and Philippine Air Force (PAF) headquarters in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSailors and marines, you guard the many isolated and distant posts in the islands and features in the West Philippine Sea. I would like you to know that I am inspired by your dedication \u2013 missing important occasions and happy moments you could have spent with your families. Once more, your AFP needs your support in this quest to end the Abu Sayyaf Group and other terrorist groups in Mindanao. Be prepared to render service which requires your energy, time, and personal sacrifices,\u201d A\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n<p>He also lauded the 21,000-strong PN for their accomplishments and its many contributions to the accomplishment of the AFP mission \u2013 both in internal security and in territorial defense operations.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00f1o said the same thing to the PAF whom he said conducts close-air support, medical evacuations to hard-pressed troops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember how the pilots conducted close air supports and medical evacuations above and beyond the call of duty, of selfless devotion to duty of the pilots and crew, and how they offered the ultimate sacrifice just to save other people\u2019s lives,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I now summon you to join the charge against the Abu Sayyaf Group and other terrorist groups that I, as your Chief of Staff committed to significantly defeat in six months period,\u201d A\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014The Navy and Air Force will play a critical role in defeating the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) threat and lawless &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":86400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[4194,14148,3244,14147,11004],"class_list":["post-86399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-abu-sayyaf-group","tag-air-force","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines","tag-navy-force","tag-philippine-navy","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}