 1355 passed in August 2007 from their camp in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig.For the first time, SAF troopers were involved in the Balikatan exercises in 2009 since American and Filipino troops are usually involved.On July 20, 2016, SAF created NBP Facility Security Provisional Battalion led by PSUPT LEDON MONTE to take over from the Bureau of Corrections the duties to man the New Bilibid Prison particularly in the Maximum Security Camp where the bigtime drug lords and hardened prisoners are in prison.