Lieutenant General Amarjeet Singh Sekhon is new Director General of Military Operation
Lieutenant General Mohan Pande, relinquishes the appointment of Director General of Military Operation (DGMO)on 30 November 2007. During his illustrious career, the General Officer has held varied command, staff and instructional assignments to include Brigade Major of a Brigade, Colonel General Staff of a Mountain Division and Additional Director General Operational Logistics at Army Headquarters. He has had instructional tenures at the National Defence Academy, Pune, Officers Training Academy, Chennai and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. First as Brigadier General Staff and later as DGMO, the General Officer has been closely associated with the conceptualisation and development of various doctrinal issues. He was Chief of Staff, Headquarters Army Training Command before taking over the present appointment.
Lieutenant General Amarjeet Singh Sekhon was commissioned into Infantry in June 1970. The General Officer has attended all prestigious courses like Defence Services Staff College, Higher Command and National Defence College and has seen active service in all theatres, in both regimental and staff appointments, including the Indo-Pak conflict 1971. Having commanded his unit in North East and Punjab, the General Officer went on to command an Infantry Brigade along the sensitive Line of Control in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, where he was decorated with `YSM’ for his distinguished service during Operation VIJAY in 1999.
In addition to command, the General Officer has held a number of important staff and instructional appointments including instructional tenures at National Defence Academy and Army War College. The General Officer has been Brigade Major of an Infantry Brigade in High Altitude Area, Deputy Military Secretary and Brigadier General Staff (Operations) in Command Headquarters. After the National Defence College course, the General Officer went on to hold the appointment of Deputy Director General at the Directorate General of Military Operations.
The General has had the distinction of commanding Infantry Division in J&K and was awarded the AVSM for his distinguished service along the Line of Control. He has also held the appointment of Additional Director General of Perspective Planning. He has been posted as Director General of Military Operation after completion of a successful command of 15 Corps in the North Sector.
During his command at 15 Corps, the violence levels in the Kashmir valley have dropped significantly during the current year. Considerable attrition on the terrorist cadres was ensured by the Army with 337 terrorists killed in action in 2006 and 324 during the current year. Besides, 566 terrorists were apprehended during 2006 and 2007. At the same time the local terrorists were motivated to surrender to own forces and 195 terrorists have surrendered to own troops since January 2006. The Amarnath Yatra was conducted without any major incidents and the flow of tourists to the valley has been very encouraging. Today, the Political leaders are freely coming out to address the public and garner support of the people, without the fear of terrorists.
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