Bhatinda: Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Mago has taken over the command of ‘Chetak Corps’ from Lieutenant General Ajai Singh at Bathinda military station.
Prior to this, he was Director-General Operational Logistics and Strategic Move at the Army Headquarters.
The General Officer is an alumnus of Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and was commissioned into the elite ‘Brigade of the GUARDS’, Rajasthan-based Defence PRO Col Sombit Ghosh said.
He is an alumnus of Defence Service Staff College, Wellington, Higher Command Course, Mhow and National Defence College, Delhi as well.
The commander has an exceptionally brilliant professional career and has been awarded Yudh Seva Medal and Sena Medal twice for distinguished services.
The General officer has rich operational experience of 35 years across all terrain and has served in Siachen, Kargil Sector (during Op VIJAY), Desert Sector (during Op PARAKRAM), seven tenures in Counter Insurgency Operations in Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Assam and with the Strategic Forces Command.
He has been an instructor at the Army War College, prestigious Counter Insurgency & Jungle Warfare Institute (CIJW) and GUARDS Regimental Centre.
He has also served in United Nations Peace Keeping assignments on two occasions at Somalia and Congo.
The Officer was tenanting the appointment of Director General Operational Logistics & Strategic Move in the Army Headquarters, prior to taking over the Chetak Corps.
