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New Brigade Commander

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Brigadier Cherish Mathson, SM has taken charge as Brigade Commander of the Pangode Military station. He also took charge as Station Commander in a colourful ceremony at Brigade Headquarters here on May 1.

After assuming charge, Brig. Mathson laid a floral wreath at the Pangode War Memorial.

He succeeds Brig. P.M. Hariz who has been transferred to Jalandhar.

A native of Tiruvalla, near Kottayam, Brig. Mathson is an alumnus of the Sainik School, Kazhakootam. Commissioned into the Garhwal Rifles of the Indian Army, Brig. Mathson received the Sena Medal for gallantry in 2003.

Brig. Mathson has held several important command and staff appointments that include serving in a brigade in a U.N. Mission in Somalia.

He also commanded his unit on the Line of Control. Before assuming this charge, Brig. Mathson was Senior Defence Specialist in the National Security Council Secretariat at New Delhi.

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