Lt-Gen BS Jaswal, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) here, will be assuming the command of the prestigious Northern Command on October 1.
Jaswal was commissioned in the third battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles in 1970. He will assume office in place of Lt-Gen PC Bhardwaj, AVSM, VrC, SC, VSM, who will be moving to take over the appointment of Vice-Chief of the Army Staff.
He is considered an expert in combating insurgency as has decades of experience in bringing peace to militancy-affected areas both in Jammu and Kashmir and Assam.
He has been decorated on three different occasions for his outstanding achievements. Lt-Gen AS Lamba, Chief of Staff, ARTRAC, will take over as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the ARTRAC on promotion.
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