Lt-Gen GS Dhillon accorded warm farewell
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 30
Lt-Gen GS Dhillon, Chief of Staff, Western Command, was given a warm farewell on Saturday. He retired after putting in a service of 37 years. Before relinquishing charge, he laid a wreath at the Veer Smriti War Memorial in Chandimandir to pay respects to the martyrs.
During his tenure as Chief of Staff, Lt-Gen Dhillon was instrumental in bringing improvements in functioning of various army institutions as well as facilities and welfare schemes for ex-servicemen.
Commissioned into the Dogra Regiment in 1980, he commanded an infantry battalion in Kargil, a brigade in Manipur, and a mountain division in Arunachal Pradesh. Besides various instructional and staff appointments, he has also served as defence attache in Saudi Arabia.
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