INQUIRER.net: Bemedaled Wescom chief Sabban retires from military service

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Bemedaled Wescom chief Sabban retires from military service Apr 2nd 2013, 01:07 PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines—Know and protect your own backyard.   Newly retired Marine Lt. Gen. Juancho Sabban did just in his last three years in active military service as the straightforward, no-nonsense chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Command (Wescom) based in Palawan.   As WesCom commander from 2010 up to Monday, when he reached the mandatory age retirement of 56, Sabban had directed 14,000 security operations in his area of responsibility.   Sabban said the bulk of these missions comprised "sovereignty patrols" at the height of the country's territorial dispute with China over the Philippines' regime of islands in the... Keep on reading: Bemedaled Wescom chief Sabban retires from military service Media files: afp-logo.jpg (image/jpeg)

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