Major rejig in Army

In major rejig in the Army, Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane has been appointed the next vice-chief of the force, official sources said on Monday.

Lt Gen Naravane succeeds Lt Gen D Anbu who retires on August31.

   

Lt Gen Naravane will be in contention for the Army chief’spost as he will be the senior-most commander when incumbent Gen Bipin Rawatretires on December 31, sources said.

In his 37 years of service, Lt Gen Naravane has served innumerous command and staff appointments in peace, field and highly activecounter insurgency environments. He has also commanded a Rashtriya RiflesBattalion in Jammu and Kashmir and an Infantry Brigade on the eastern front.

In another key appointment, Director General of MilitaryOperations Lt Gen Anil Chauhan will be new General Officer Commanding-in-Chiefof the Eastern Command.

Sources said Lt Gen A S Kler has been appointed GeneralOfficer Commanding-in-Chief of South-Western Command, succeeding Lt Gen CherishMatheson. Lt. Gen Matheson retires on August 31.

Lt Gen I S Ghuman has been appointed General OfficerCommanding-in-Chief of the Central Command. He will succeed Lt Gen AbhayKrishna.

Lt Gen R P Singh has been appointed head of the WesternCommand. He succeeds Lt Gen Surinder Singh who retires from service on July 31.

Lt Gen Singh is currently serving as commander of the 21Strike Corps.

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