Special Action Force or SAF, the elite commando unit of the Philippine National Police(PNP), came out with a coffee table to commemorate its 25th anniversary. The 117-page book printed in full colors became one of the memorabilia during the silver anniversary. The SAF has its roots in the former Philippine Constabulary (PC) and was a brainchild of then-PC Chief Fidel V. Ramos. It was officially created on May 12, 1983.Download to read full story

In a manifestation of Trust and Confidence to the Special Action Force, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited PNP’s Elite Unit, the Special Action Force, on October 30, 2007 amid the full alert status of the PNP. “Excellent, Excellent, Great Performance!”, PGMA commends the presentation of SAF under its able director PCSUPT LEOCADIO SC SANTIAGO, JR.Download to read full story

The SAF has been placed on Red Alert by the NHQ and part of the measures taken by the unit was the deployment of chokepoints in the various areas of NCR. A Section from 1st Special Action Battalion on chokepoint operation at the NLEX Camachile Interchange under PINSP JEPHTE F BANDERADO acted on a report of a lost bag that contained personal items (ATM Card and IDs) and cash amounting to Php 9,000.00. The bag was left by the owner in a SANTRANS Bus with body number 9090.
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As a gesture of gratitude to the people of Brgy Calawis in Antipolo City, SAF constructed a 36 square meter mini-library which will benefit some 500 elementary and 300 high school students of the remote barangay. SAF Director PCSUPT LEOCADIO SC SANTIAGO, JR. saw the need of putting up a learning facility as an efficient tool in fighting insurgency and from insulating the people in the area from the insidious recruitment of subversive groups.Download to read full story

The Capitol Medical Center Colleges (CMCC) under its dean, Ms Mary Jane Cortez in cooperation with the Special Action Force led by its director, PCSUPT LEOCADIO SC SANTIAGO, Jr. conducted medical mission at the SAF Brigade Headquarters, Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig City on December 14, 2007.
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After forty (40) painstaking days of training at SAF Training School, Fort Sto Domingo, Sta Rosa Laguna, three hundred twelve (312) Cadets of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA)“KAISANG-BISIG” Class of 2009 finally completed the PNP- SPECIAL COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATION UNIT TRAINING (PNP-SCOUT) Class 18-2007 in a graduation and turn-over ceremonies held 2 o’clock in the afternoon today.
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In another event, reported enemy sightings set off 11th and 12th SACS for a reconnaissance patrol on April 24, 2007 at Sitio Mabinunga, Barangay Bugtong, Mandaon, Masbate. The reconnaissance patrol was turned into a fierce firefight lasting for about one hour when the operating troops engaged more or less ninety (90) communist terrorists (CTs) in the said vicinity at about 5:00 o’clock in the morning of the same day.
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FC 83C OF KOMPROB MMX HIT Intelligence report on a heavily armed group with an estimated strength of more or less fifty (50) sighted at Brgy Lahong Interior, Baleno, Masbate set off a team of SAF Commandoes led by PI RYAN PABALINAS on April 2, 2007 for a combat operation.Download to read full story

The PNP-Special Action Force is proud as it celebrates its 24th founding anniversary. The SAF as the PNP’s national maneuver force mandated to conduct internal security and counterterrorist operations as well as search and rescue operations in the event of national calamity was created on May 16, 1983 through the initiative of the then PC/INP Chief, BGEN FIDEL V RAMOS.Download to read full story

The PNP Special Action Force, by definition an elite force, is essentially faceless since it deals with some of the most difficult operations connected with national security, and SAF Troopers, as operatives, have to stay incognito. But every once in a while, a SAF Trooper emerges from the shadows and into the limelight because of exceptional bravery and selfless sacrifice that is beyond the call of duty, and against all odds, succeeds by sheer grit of the SAF spirit.Download to read full story

The onset of 1993 saw the formal activation of the Special Operations Battalion of the Special Action Force. Manned by 45 commissioned officers and 428 non-commissioned officers to effectively manage seven different companies, the battalion was tasked to combat the sudden rise of sophisticated criminal activities in the country. Aside from the headquarters and Service companies, there was the Anti-Terrorist Company, The Rapid Search and Rescue Company, the K9 Company, the Explosives and Ordnance Company, and the Light Armor Company. Also a training battalion, the SOB, based in Metro Manila, was capable of operation nationwide. It was placed under the leadership of then Chief Inspector Felizardo M. Serapio, Jr.Download to read full story

The Special Action Force, as a faceless elite striking force that operates noiselessly in the shadows, is nevertheless placed in the public eye everytime major political upheavals take place in the country.Download to read full story

In celebration of SAF’s 23rd anniversary, they were leaving on a force march covering 53 kms. from Camp Bagong Diwa through C5 and Marcos Highway to San Roque in Baras, Rizal, where the contingent will bivouac until March 15. Almost300 SAF Troopers from the SAF School Annex in San Isidro, Rizal, with their Commandant, would also be travelling over 50 kilometers of dense woodland to link up with the Brigade contingent near Boso- Boso, and proceed, almost 1,000 troops strong, to San Roque, Baras, Rizal. Baras itself holds a special significance for the SAF.

The 53-kilometer march began from two different points. On May 12, at seven-thirty in the evening, over six hundred SAF Troopers marched from Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, led by the Crisis Response Group of the Rapid Deployment Battalion. The force headquarters followed, consisting of the Command Group and the Directorial Offices of Personnel, Intelligence, Operations, Logistics, Community Relations, and Finance, together with the Airborne Class. The Third Battalion and the Force Support Battalion followed, with the First Battalion securing the rear.
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