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Philippines : 4ID receives new military vehicles
Publish Date : 01-Sep-2016
The 4th Infantry Diamond Division, Philippine Army received a total of 43 KM450 1 ton troop carrier trucks and 10 KM 451 ambulance that will be issued to the units under 4ID.
This is part of the modernization program and the continuing mobility enhancement program of the Army and is a product of a Government-to-Government procurement between the Republic of the Philippines and South Korea.
A ceremonial blessing of the vehicles issued to Army units based in Region 10 was held at the 4ID Grandstand in Camp Evangelista, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, August 30.
Meanwhile, those vehicles to be issued to units based in CARAGA region will be blessed and issued to the units after a similar ceremony at the 4th Infantry Division Advance Command Post in Butuan City.
The issuance of these vehicles suits the mobility requirements of the subordinate units of 4ID.
These vehicles can withstand the terrain and weather in the Divisions area of responsibility (AOR)Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions, where troops are being deployed in the hinterlands and mountainous area for the Bayanihan Team Activities and Rescue and Relief Operations.
