Maj. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, a Medal of Valor awardee, who used to be assigned with the 11th Infantry Battalion at the height of insurgency problem in Negros is slated to assume his new position as Western Mindanao Command chief on Friday. He will replace Lt. Gen. Arnel dela Vega, who will bow out from the military service on June 28.
Sobejana, who is presently the commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, is among the Army officials who used to be assigned in Negros, and had occupied key positions in Mindanao, such as Maj. Gen. Roberto Ancan, 1st Infantry Division commander, and Maj. Gen. Franco Nemesio Gacal, 4th Infantry Division commander.
Ancan, hails from Victorias City, Negros Occidental, while Gacal was formerly assigned also with 11IB in Negros.
The command of 6ID will reportedly be given to Brig. Gen. Diosdado Carreon, commander of the 601st Infantry Brigade, who is also a member of PMA Class 1987, Ancan said.
The Wesmincom's jurisdiction covers Zamboanga Peninsula, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Central Mindanao, and the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
Sobejana got his Medal of Valor in Jan. 13, 995, after he and fellow Scout Rangers figured in a fierce firefight with about 150 Abu Sayyaf bandits in Basilan, where they killed 30 terrorists
In the four-hour firefight, Sobejana was wounded multiple times but still carried on with the fight until he and his men were reinforced by other military units.*
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