Highest Decorated Service Man Now 1 Division GOC

466992864_993847336115427_8424716726065592096_n — The handover ceremony of 1 DIV GOC. Tentera Darat.

SHAH ALAM: Some 77 days after he was appointed as the Joint Force Headquarters (JF) chief of staff, Mejar Jeneral Khairul Anuar Abd Aziz is taking over at 1 Division as the General Officer Commanding. The highest-ranking serviceman with the Pingat Gagah Berani took over from Mejar Jeneral Mohammad Fauzi Kamis in a ceremony in Kuching, Sarawak today.

According to a release by the Eastern Field Command, Fauzi is taking over the COS job previously held by Khairul Anuar, who was appointed there on August 30. Khairul Anuar, 53, is the 31st 1 Div GOC. Army Eastern Field Command commander Leftenan General Sofi Lepi made the announcement on the command’s Facebook page today.

S𝗘𝗞𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗔𝗛𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗛 𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗔 𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗬𝗘𝗡 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗠𝗔 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗜 𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝗞𝗘-𝟯𝟭

Sekalung tahniah diucapkan kepada Mejar Jeneral Dato’ Khairul Anuar bin Abd Aziz di atas pelantikan sebagai Panglima Divisyen Pertama Infantri Malaysia Ke-31.

Setinggi-tinggi penghargaan juga dizahirkan kepada Mejar Jeneral Datuk Mohammad Fauzi bin Kamis, mantan Panglima Divisyen Pertama Infantri Malaysia Ke-30 atas segala khidmat bakti dan kepimpinan terbilang sepanjang menakhoda warga ‘Pertama Perkasa’.

𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘬𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘢:

𝗟𝗘𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗡 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗢’ 𝗠𝗢𝗛𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗙𝗜 𝗕𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗗 𝗟𝗘𝗣𝗜
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dan seluruh warga Pemerintahan Medan Timur Tentera Darat

Mej Jen Khairul Anuar Abdul Aziz inspecting the guard of honour for the JF COS handing over ceremony. Note that his PGB medal is now on the right side of his ribbon. On top of his right pocket is the Condor badge, signifying his mechanized roots and on the left is the Senjata Bantuan badge, meaning he was qualified in support weapons. Further down the pocket is the Armed Forces Staff college badge and a China staff academy college on the left pocket of his bush jacket or the Army number 2 uniform. The badges meant he had graduated from them. He has also a Thai parachute wing on top of his name tag likely awarded to him when he was the 30th Brigade commander. The brigade is responsible for Malaysian-Thai border from Perlis to Kelantan. JF Picture

Temerloh-born Khairul Anuar was awarded the PGB, the country’s second highest gallantry award for the Bakara Market incident in Somalia. He is the highest-ranking decorated serviceman following the retirement of SP holder, Deputy Commissioner Abdul Razak Yusof in February 2023.

Khairul Anuar became the highest decorated soldier when Fifth Division commander Mej Jeneral Abdul Halim Khalid retired in June 2022. Abdul Halim received the PGB for his action in the Benadir court incident in Somalia, just weeks before the Bakara market one.

— Malaysian Defence

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