MindanaoToday.com | Army’s 4th ID has new assistant commander
By: Uriel Quilinguing
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) “Tanglaw-Diwa” Class of 1992 has assumed as the assistant division commander of the Philippine Army’s Fourth Infantry “Diamond” Division (4th ID), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Brigadier General Consolito P. Yecla, who was deputy of Davao City-based Eastern Mindanao Command of the AFP prior to the second-in-command post of the 4th ID, PA of the AFP, filled the post vacated by Brigadier General George Banzon whose mandatory retirement was on July 1, this year.
Yecla, who took over after a formal turn-over rites at the Camp Edilberto Evangelista, the 4th ID headquarters in Barangay Patag, Cagayan de Oro on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, had served as head of Task Force Davao.
In 2023, he was PMA’s Cavalier Awardee for Army Operations in 2023 as the commander of the 1003rd Infantry “Raptor” Brigade of 19th Infantry “Agila” Division.
He shall be assisting Major General Jose Ma. Cuerpo II, the commanding officer of the 4th ID whose area of responsibility includes Northern Mindanao and portions of Caraga and Central Mindanao regions.
Cuerpo, in his welcome message, assured Yecla his all-out support and that the entire division is happy his assistant commander returned to where he was first assigned as a young military officer. (30)
Yecla’s filled the post vacated by Brigadier General George Banzon who retired on July 1, this year.
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