• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
A Bacolodnon is set to take over the command of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (ID) based in Jamindan, Capiz on Jan. 31, a day before the mandatory age retirement of its commander, Maj. Gen. Marion Sison.
Slated to replace Sison as 3ID commander in acting capacity is Brig. Gen. Michael Samson, who formerly served as head of the 303rd Infantry Brigade in Murcia, Negros Occidental.
Sison turns 57 on Feb. 1, which is the mandatory retirement age for members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
On Jan. 27, Samson relinquished his command of the 301st Infantry Brigade at Camp Adriano Hernandez in Dingle, Iloilo. He was replaced by Col. Nhel Richard Patricio.
Patricio, Samson, Sison and Brig. Gen. Ted Dumosmog, who is the 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, are all members of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1991.
Under the leadership of Samson, the 301st Infantry Brigade was awarded the AFP Campaign Streamer in December last year for dismantling the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army guerrilla fronts in Panay Island.
The Southern Panay Front of the Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay, operating in Antique and Iloilo provinces, was officially declared dismantled on June 21, 2024. | GB
