Lt Gen PGK Menon takes charge of XIV Corps

Lt Gen PGK Menon has taken over as GOC of the Indian Army’s Lehbased XIV (‘Fire and Fury’) Corps, which is dual tasked to face China in Ladakh and also Pakistan in the DrasKargil-Batalik and the Siachen sectors. He was commissioned into the 17th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment and is presently Colonel Commandant of the Sikh Regiment. In 2008, he was the Colonel GS (General Staff) of the 3rd Infantry Division headquartered at Leh which has responsibility for the LAC in Ladakh since 1963. As a Major General, he commanded the 71st Mountain Division in Arunachal Pradesh. “The officer has been born into the Army as the son of a Subedar. He has now risen to the top and is a proud moment for us as the Army,” stated a senior Army officer.