Wednesday, December 2, 2015

MID gets new commanding officer (Bio data)

From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 2): MID gets new commanding officer

The Tarlac-based Mechanized Infantry Division (MID) was appointed on Wednesday a new commanding officer in the person of Brig. Gen. Edgar F.Gonzales.

He replaced Major Gen. Mayoralfo M. Dela Cruz who was appointed to command the Zamboanga City-based Western Mindanao Command last month.

Prior to his appointment, Gonzales served as MID acting commander and assistant division commander.

His change-of-command ceremonies at Camp O' Donnell, Tarlac was presided by Army commander Lt. Gen. Eduardo M. Año.

The new MID head was born in Cebu City on Dec. 27, 1961, and a member of Philippine Military Academy "Maharlika" Class of 1984.

Gonzales held different Staff positions, to include Chief of the Office of Ethical Standard and Public Accountability (OESPA), Mechanized Infantry Division; Chief of Staff of the 6th Infantry Division; Heads of the Academic Department and JCTC of the AFP Command and General Staff College; and Chief of the Unified Command Staff, Southern Luzon Command, among others.

He also commanded the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade, MID stationed in Mindanao.

Gonzales also headed the 60th Infantry Battalion and 1st Platoon, 23rd Infantry Battalion under the 4th Infantry Division, which is also based in Mindanao.

As a young officer, he served in infantry units during the height of Muslim secessionist groups, particularly the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) in Mindanao and Luzon, respectively.

Meanwhile, he also undergone various military and civilian schooling.

He graduated with honors when he took up his General Staff Course in 2003 at the Command and General Staff College.

Gonzales also finished two Masters Degree, such as Masters of Science in National Resource Strategy at National Defense University, USA; and Masters in Public Management Major in Development and Security at the Development Academy of the Philippines.

In his military career, he is a recipient of numerous awards and decorations.

Gonzales is happily married to Jerissa H. Gonzales and they are blessed with four children, Paul Ernest, Edgar Jeric, Jerille Gay and Jeris Grace.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=833782

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