Lieutenant General Johnson P Mathew and Lieutenant General RP Kalita.
Kohima, February 10, (MExN): Lieutenant General Johnson P Mathew, AVSM, VSM took over the reins of Spear Corps from Lieutenant General RP Kalita, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM on Wednesday.
According to a release from the PRO (Def) Kohima, the General is an Infantry Officer and was commissioned in the Punjab Regiment of the Indian Army in 1985. He has held several prestigious command and staff assignments in conventional as well as counter-insurgency operations—commanding an infantry battalion in North East, RR Sector as a Brigadier and Victor Force as General Officer Commanding in Jammu and Kashmir, it stated.
The new Corps Commander conveyed warm greetings to the people of the North East and wish them peace, tranquillity and prosperity in the times ahead, according to the release.
