Ex-SAF commando on mission to help those displaced by Typhoon Haiyan

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Former army commando Julian Tan is no stranger to places like Tacloban city, where homes were wiped out and thousands of people displaced overnight, becoming refugees in their own country.

As a member of the Special Operations Force (SOF) - an ultra-secret unit within the Singapore Armed Forces - he was sent to many disaster and conflict zones around the world.

But nothing quite prepared him for what he saw in Leyte province, the first in the Philippines to be hit by Typhoon Haiyan on Nov 8.

"I feel pain seeing the people suffering," said the 40-year-old. "When you walk the ground, you will see how the innocent suddenly have no homes."

His Singapore-Philippine team managed to deliver all their relief supplies to Ormoc city, Tacloban city and Guiuan in just four days, while others encountered obstacles.