At least six militants were killed and 12 others were wounded in the nearly two-hour firefight, in which eight soldiers were also wounded, the military said.
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered government forces to destroy the Abu Sayyaf terrorist network after the bombing last Sunday of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in the Sulu provincial capital of Jolo that killed 22 people and wounded more than 100.
Turkey is massing troops near a town in northern Syria held by a U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led force, a war monitor said as Turkish media reported Sunday new reinforcements crossing the borders.
Despite the command's assurances that the problems were being addressed, employees continued to express concern, according to a Naval Inspector General report.
U.S. and Turkish troops have been conducting “coordinated independent patrols” along the demarcation line north of Manbij since June 18, officials from U.S. Central Command said this week.
For the past 100 years, Keyport has been home to one of Navy’s primary efforts to research, develop and test torpedoes, which earned the small, waterfront community the moniker of “Torpedo Town, U.S.A.”
By Julianne Stanford, The (Bremerton, Wash.) Kitsap Sun