Anti-Dissidents Search and Rescue FV101 Scorpion Light Tanks V150 Commando Light Armored Vehicles GKN Simba Light Armored Vehicles M101 105mm Howitzers Siege of Lamitan Major General Delfin Castro Lieutenant General Angelo Reyes Lieutenant General Roy Cimatu Lieutenant General Narciso Abaya Bell 412 AFP Southern Command (SouthCom) is a defunct unified command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

It gained highlight during the Abu Sayyaf kidnapping incidents and the all-out war against Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

It is responsible for the defense of these areas against external aggression, as well as combating terrorism and insurgency.

A separate members of MNLF who were not in favor of the Tripoli Tripartite[1] pact which launched another Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 1979 which are more located in Southern part of mainland Mindanao.

Aside from moro secessional movements, southern command is also dealing with Communist Rebellion with CPP-NPA who are controlling the hinterlands in Northeastern.