To strengthen its presence in the West Philippine Sea , the Philippine Navy is planning to recruit and arm 120 fishermen who will compose the first batch of the military’s maritime CAFGU Active Auxiliaries in the tension-filled waters.“We intend to have two companies per naval forces so that’s about 120 maritime CAAs per naval forces.
The Philippine Army has the largest number of mobilized Citizen’s Armed Forces Geographical Unit among the major services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines . CAFGUs are considered as irregular force multipliers of the military. “These maritime CAAs have been in existence for long. When I was in the Naval Forces Western Mindanao way back in 2014 to 2016, we already have the maritime CAAs in Western Mindanao and also in Eastern Mindanao,” he said.
“It is just a stop gap measure to fill where we are no – where the Navy and the Coast guard not ,” he noted. Reports said that the Chinese maritime militias were driving away Filipino fishermen who try to cast their nets while others force locals to barter their catch with noodles or booze.
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