The 10th ID received 18 campaign streamers from the AFP following the dismantling of nine Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) units in its area of responsibility.
10th ID defeated two NPA vertical units, four sub-regional committees (SRC), and three guerilla fronts. All under the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC) this year.
AFP Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Bartolome Vicente O. Bacarro led the awarding ceremony.
The division received six campaign streamers for dismantling Sub-Regional Committee (SRC) 1; SRC 2; SRC 4; SRC 5; Sub-Regional Guerilla Unit (SRGU) of SRC 2; and Regional Sentro De Grabidad (RSDG), Regional Operations Command (ROC).
1001st Infantry Brigade under 10th ID, on the other hand received five campaign streamers for defeating Guerilla Front (GF) 2; GF 3; SRC 4; SRGU of SRC 2; and RSDG, ROC; while the 701st Infantry Brigade gathered three (3) streamers for annihilating GF 18; SRC 1; and SRC 2.
The 1003rd Infantry Brigade also garnered the streamer for defeating SRC 5, five months before the set deadline of defeating the CTGs in the brigade's area of operations.
On the other hand, the 66IB, 28IB, and 60IB, all under the Agila Division, also garnered three (3) campaign streamers for dismantling GF 18, GF2, and GF 3, respectively.
10ID Commander Major General Nolasco A. Mempin along with the awarded brigade and battalion commanders personally received the campaign streamers.
Mempin, in a statement said, “the victory that we achieved cannot be made possible without the support of the National Task Force-Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and all our partner stakeholders in Southeastern Mindanao.
“Thus, we offer this God’s gift not only to the Davaoeños, but to all the Filipino people this Yuletide season and beyond,"Mempin said.
10th ID in its report said that Southern Mindanao used to be a stronghold for the CPP-NPA due to the high levels of funding and manpower generated by the SMRC.
This allows SMRC to support other regional committees with personnel and financial resources.
Since 2018, the 10th ID has successfully dismantled 16 guerilla fronts, four sub-regional committees, and nine NPA vertical units within its area of responsibility that resulted to an insurgency-free Davao Region.
From left to right) 10ID Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations G3, LTC Victorino M Seño; 28IB Commander LTC Ronilo G Desingaño; 66IB Commander LTC Julius M Munar; 1003rd Infantry Brigade Commander BGEN Consolito P Yecla; Eastern Mindanao Command Commander LTGEN Greg T Almerol; 10ID Commander MGEN Nolasco A Mempin; 1001st Infantry Brigade Commander BGEN Jesus P Durante III; 701st Brigade Commander BGEN Oliver C Maquiling; and 60IB Commander LTC Merrill C Sumalinog during the 87th AFP Anniversary Recognition Ceremony held at GHQ Canopy, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on December 21, 2022. Photos from 10th ID