MWI War Council - Fighting Terrorism in the City, The Battle of Marawi 

“Did you attempt a ceasefire with the group?” “We don’t negotiate with terrorists.” Badass

That coffee footage never gets old. It's still hilarious and badass at the same time.

great lecture, especially good to hear Gen Pamonag speak about the challenges his forces faced. thanks for posting MWI

Quarantine pa. Napanood ko tuloy to.

I'm was a former scout ranger of the 1st scout ranger regiment who fought at Marawi siege. It was brutal fighting to be honest. We were trained to fight in the dense jungles of the Philippines then we were suddenly thrown into densely populated city for us to fight in. Had to adapt to the situation. What were seen in the slide was true 105mm field artillery gun being used as a direct fire weapon like what the Germans did with their 88's in WW2 which was used primarily as an anti-aircraft gun. Whst amazed me was the M113 being hauled to the 2nd floor of that building which is shown 51:34 I wasn't amazed at the situation but with the building itself. That thing easily wieghts 20+ tons and the building pillars were able to support that thing.

I like what Gen. Pamonag said that in the absence of capabilities there can be other options to do just be innovative and resourceful.That's one of the characteristic of a Filipino.

The whole city has been held as a hostage , making it hard for the AFP to perform airstrikes, which is very important to retake the strategic positions . Retaking the whole city while rescuing the hostages ? Thats se badass shit.

Wow! I watched this lecture from start to finish. I thought that this would be boring but it was quite informative.

The good general didnt mention one of the most important innovation from the battle of marawi was the adaptation of coconut lumber as an additional layer of armor to protect the scant tank resources of the philippine military. Coco lumber is made from coconut tree trunks and are actually hard to nail. Nails will bend when you hammer it into the wood making them ideal in preserving the metal armor. Filipino soldiers improvised by attaching it to their tanks to prematurely detonate the RPG before the metal armor to kèep the crew safe inside

Could you imagine from jungle warfare to urban warfare and to adapt just 2 weeks and won the fight! Just wow!!!!

Thank you General for sharing about Filipino combat innovations. To me, it the same attitude on combat innovations, flexibility, & persistence that the roman legions did before. Amazing - building ramps, building tunnels on the way to attack point.

This channel needs to blow up.

Amazing, while during the war, at the back they are doing crash course for the support group to know and then brought to the front line

Ka buotan sa sundalo! Bisan og nagka malisod naa pay time mg timpla ug kape! Salute sa tanang ka sundalohan!

Mabilis matuto mga kasundaluhan natin kapag kinakailangan

Man I wish I was part of this discussion. I had so many question for the Under Secretary, former Lt. Gen. Pomonag.

Lt. Gen Danilo Pamonag you are a real leader. Reminds me of Omar Bradley.

i how this channel grow... it really interesting to find these kind of YT channel discussing Military Stuff... and also the sharing knowledge to each other... as a civilian, this is very beneficial....

Wish I could have been a part of this conversation. I was the PACOM JIOC CT Analyst for the Philippines during this entire thing. I know all about the Marawi Siege.

The audio is quite lacking, but still a good and informal video

Credits to Angry Bird.. They are not only fun to play but they can be use in war time also. 😁

using direct fire by 105 howitzer was last use by the US army during the vietnam war. I think it was used during an attack on a firebase by NVA troops.

no BS just facts. salute

Its more difficult for the Armed forces to fight in the jungle than the urban,because the jungle is widely open for sniper ,land mines and the area familiarize by enemy,while the enemy at the urban warfare will able to know exactly the place for assaulting other than the widely jungle and the enemy will able to escape,so that's why the AFP can easily adopted the best tactics in urban warfare.

The Filipino general so simple but deadly individual. He knows and talked less.

oh.. thanks for the just passing law in Philippines.. anti-terrorism law... it will change a lot in the coming years in terms of radicalization... inshalah.. and we thank you all for the donation to alleviate poverty thru your donations in kind or in cash! we thank you all! - from Philippines

That's how you fight a war when you have few resources!

As this lecture pointed out this was happening at several levels. Strategic, operational and tactical. My previous critique was primarily tactical. Strategically and Operationally the AFP did a B+. The macro perspective is civilian casualties were kept remarkably low. Maute and ASG was prevented from radicalizing the Muslim populace, MNLF and MILF. The tenous peace in Mindanao has largely been kept.

Had no idea that a Major at West-point teaching future troops would basically acted the same as the average high school teacher just a deferent subject.

One can only imagine what the Philippine military can achieve if given the resources. Quite sad that they used to be Asia’s military power.

I think the Filipino ex-general in the Marawi siege was preaching to the choir when touched on military leadership like leading from the front, know your men and take care of them, etc.

@ 51:50 The most innovative tactics they use is the "Angry Bird" grenade launcher 😆😆😆 take Note You don't see that in a First World Armies

Question: How do you deal with states like China claiming neighboring states

Nice one Noel and Danny 👍🏻

very insightful talk

They really watched mArawi thug life😂😂😂

Mabuhay! Napakagaling ng AFP!

One factor of why Philippines succeeded in liberating marawi is “ethnicity!”

What is the Trust Training of the soldiers that sir Pamonag is talking about? What is Trust Training?

Good story/narrative but the Usec was not able to nail the questions, probably due to language barrier

Many filipinos are living in sabah. It is part of the philipines.

I came here from some reddit post about cardboard reactive armor.

They learning in Philippines tactics because of lacks of equipment during the fight of marawi in the Philippines. US still don't know the tactics on how the Philippines adapting the situation and capabilities. US goes now I know. Ha ha

Sya yung ground commander na nasa video ng special forces nag co command sa mga groud leader kasama ng mga cpt. Sa battle area

man i would bring my coffee gears and brew for our soldiers. 🇵🇭

Rush training ibg sabhin nag uusapo ngplaplanu sila nag mabilisan kung anu dpat gawin habang yung nsa harap nila nkikipaglaban

49:30 105 as shotgun!

hahahaha showing that video in the report hahaha.

Sabah is a part off the Philippines is nht a part off Malaysia

radical recruiters: 'if you wanted to be empowered....join us' and yet a lot are taking a bite from it....

#BanatBy sana ma content mo eto... para mapanuod ng sambayanang pilipino

Ole John spencer

40:50-42 - practicing conversion the islamic way...may submission be upon you!

sheeeesh

Coffee ..thug life

But what if your entire military has gone woke? How do you deal with that?

wha i read modern warfare 5

Wow nice 😂🤣🤣🤣

Weird how the war on terrorism ended with us 'giving" the "terrorist" billions of dollars in weapons and equipment...!

Actually USA had to stay in philipines but philipines government wanted to cancel agreement with US ARMY THAT'S Y THIS DRAMA HAPEND. POLITICIANS ALWAYS USE THIS TACTICS NOT ONLY IN PHIL BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD. NOT SURPRISED.

His answer in the first question is very shallow. You don’t address terrorism just by infrastructure buildings. First is to address the ideology of Islam where violence is coming from. Mary rich islamic countries are supporting extreme islamic beliefs because it’s embedded in their ideology. So address that first. Second is the fundings. Who is giving the money to these terrorists and from where is it coming? Third is where are the weapons coming from? Where and how did they acquire sniper rifles and machine guns? Fourth is address the local islamic terror groups how they still thrive? They could not continue without support from local community. So community involvement is a key! Develop intelligence group. Fifth is community development. Last is afp modernization. The general needs to learn more.

Goodbye VFA.

the marawi siege was a total failure of the system, intelligence , defense and response,. Of course the Philippine government would come out "victorious" because eventually supplies for the terrorist will run out, but.. it took the govt to clean them out for almost 5 months. and lets not forget, this ( the preparation) happened right under their noses

#banatby

nazis

Where is a siege of Vukovar 1991? That was great urban warfare in Europe continent since 1945. This is a joke.

Thank GOD it was DUTERTR who become the President of the Philippines

Thug Life LOL awesome Battle Harden Filipino Soldiers. They go to war as i write this comment.