Early last year on January 25, I saw on the news channel from the Philippines about the massacre of an elite commando unit in the south of the country. It all had to do with Muslims and the problem the country had with them and this has been going on for decades. I remember when we were still in the Philippines and my mother was offered promotion but we had to move to the south. We were scared and I believe we told her we will not be moving as we were scared of the Muslims.
So today I would like to remember the members of this elite group now better known as SAF 44 or Fallen 44. They were members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces. When I was reading the news, I realized that these commandos were just the same ages as my two sons.
I offer my sympathy to their families as they left wives, children, parents, brothers and sisters and a few future children. There were wives who were pregnant at that time.
I saw two tributes for them and I am attaching it to this post. One had pictures of them and you will notice how old these guys were. For some reason I can;t attach the tribute with pictures of the oung commandos. They range in age from 26 to 38, most of them were under 30 years old.
This is a video of the return of the commandos. a day of mourning in the Philippines. The bodies were flown back to Manila in 3 C 130 planes.
