From the Visayan Daily Star (Feb 11, 2023): Negrense colonel assumes 301st IB command (By GILBERT P. BAYORAN)
Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, 3ID commander and concurrent chief of the AFP Visayas Command, hands over the 301IB command flag from Brig. Gen. Marion Sison (left) to Col. MIchael Samson.* PA photo
Negrense Army Col. Michael Samson assumed command of the Army’s 301st Infantry Brigade, in an acting capacity, on February 9.
Samson, a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1991, replaced Brig. Gen. Marion Sison, who was recently designated as Assistant Division Commander of 3rd Infantry Division.
As acting commander of the 301st Infantry Brigade, Samson, who formerly served as deputy commander and acting commanding officer of the 303rd Infantry Brigade for more than three years, will supervise three Army battalions stationed in Panay Island.
Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, 3ID commander and concurrent head of the AFP Visayas Command, presided over the change of 301st Infantry Brigade leadership, from Sison to Samson, held at Camp Adriano Hernandez in Dingle town of Iloilo.
Aside from Sison and Samson, two other members of PMA Class 1991 are also occupying key positions among the Philippine Army and National Police in Negros and Panay Islands.
They are Brig. Gen. Leonardo Peña, 302nd Infantry Brigade stationed in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, and PBrig. Gen. Leo Francisco, regional police director of Western Visayas.
https://visayandailystar.com/negrense-colonel-assumes-301st-ib-command/
Negrense Army Col. Michael Samson assumed command of the Army’s 301st Infantry Brigade, in an acting capacity, on February 9.
Samson, a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1991, replaced Brig. Gen. Marion Sison, who was recently designated as Assistant Division Commander of 3rd Infantry Division.
As acting commander of the 301st Infantry Brigade, Samson, who formerly served as deputy commander and acting commanding officer of the 303rd Infantry Brigade for more than three years, will supervise three Army battalions stationed in Panay Island.
Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, 3ID commander and concurrent head of the AFP Visayas Command, presided over the change of 301st Infantry Brigade leadership, from Sison to Samson, held at Camp Adriano Hernandez in Dingle town of Iloilo.
Aside from Sison and Samson, two other members of PMA Class 1991 are also occupying key positions among the Philippine Army and National Police in Negros and Panay Islands.
They are Brig. Gen. Leonardo Peña, 302nd Infantry Brigade stationed in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, and PBrig. Gen. Leo Francisco, regional police director of Western Visayas.
https://visayandailystar.com/negrense-colonel-assumes-301st-ib-command/
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