In 2002, Major William B. Burley deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines as a battalion intelligence officer in the 1st Special Forces Group, tasked with aiding the Filipino government in their counterinsurgency mission on the island of Basilan against the Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. In this interview - the first of two regarding his Global War on Terrorism deployments - Burley talks about the intelligence support he gave in conjunction with the Filipinos, the training provided to the Filipino Army to help them better combat the Abu Sayyaf Group, and why they were routinely treated like "rock stars" wherever they went.

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