Home Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo (left), commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Brigade, pins the Military Merit Medal on a soldier of the northern Negros-based 79th Infantry Battalion in rites at the battalion headquarters in Barangay Bato, Sagay City on Friday (Oct. 1, 2021). A total of 16 troopers received medals for their gallantry and heroic acts during a clash with CPP-NPA rebels in Manapla, Negros Occidental on Sept. 30, 2021. (Photo courtesy of 79th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army via PNA) Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo (left), commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Brigade, pins the Military Merit Medal on a soldier of the northern Negros-based 79th Infantry Battalion in rites at the battalion headquarters in Barangay Bato, Sagay City on Friday (Oct. 1, 2021). A total of 16 troopers received medals for their gallantry and heroic acts during a clash with CPP-NPA rebels in Manapla, Negros Occidental on Sept. 30, 2021. (Photo courtesy of 79th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army via PNA)
Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo (left), commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Brigade, pins the Military Merit Medal on a soldier of the northern Negros-based 79th Infantry Battalion in rites at the battalion headquarters in Barangay Bato, Sagay City on Friday (Oct. 1, 2021). A total of 16 troopers received medals for their gallantry and heroic acts during a clash with CPP-NPA rebels in Manapla, Negros Occidental on Sept. 30, 2021. (Photo courtesy of 79th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army via PNA)
