''Goongloen Gongma'' (

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) Batoo Tshering, DYG, DRT, DW, DT, DK, is the current Chief Operations Officer of the Royal Bhutan Army (COO). He succeeded the outgoing chief, ''Goongloen Gongma'' (

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)

Lam Dorji Lam Dorji (23 October 1933 – 27 April 2020) was the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) from 1964 to 2005. He was succeeded by Batoo Tshering on 1 November 2005. Military career Lam Dorji was born in Haa. He graduated ...

on 1 November 2005.

Family

Tshering is married to ''Aum'' Pema Choden, who is a graduate of Paro College of Education and they have two daughters, Dechen Yangden & Rinchen Pelden, both of whom are employed with the Royal Government of

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Military career

Tshering underwent training at

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and got commissioned into the

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in November 1971. Thereafter, he was attached with the 8th Battalion the BIHAR Regiment of the

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and underwent Young Officers Course,

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, Intelligence Staff Officers’ Course, Junior Command Course, Senior Command Course in various schools of instruction in

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. He is also a graduate of the prestigious

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Batoo Tshering has held various important staff and command assignments. His first staff posting was at the Army Headquarters (AHQ) as operations and training officer in 1976. He commanded Wing 4 and Wing 7 in succession. He was the Commandant of Military Training Centre in 1988, Deputy Chief Operations Officer (G) in 1991 and Commander of Command Centre at Dewathang in 1997 till the completion of Operation: All Clear in 2003. He took over as the Deputy Chief Operations Officer with effect from 21 February 2005 and was appointed as the Chief Operations Officer by His Majesty King

Jigme Singye Wangchuck Jigme Singye Wangchuck ( dz, འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, ; born 11 November 1955) is a member of the House of Wangchuck who was the king of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdicati ...

on 1 November 2005. In addition to his responsibilities as the Chief Operations Officer, he is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Army Welfare Project. While on active duty Tshering survived an ambush from armed insurgents near

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on Oct 31, 1998, during which his car was riddled with bullet shots and he was injured.

Awards and decorations

For his dedicated and distinguished service to the ''Tsa-Wa-Sum'' (King, Country and People), he was awarded ''Druk Yugyel'' (DYG), ''Drakpoi Wangyel'' (DW), ''Drakpoi Thugsey'' (DT) and ''Drakpoi Khorlo'' (DK) medals by His Majesty King

. He was also awarded the ''Drakpoi Rinchen Tsugtor'' (DRT) medal by His Majesty the King on 21 February 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tshering, B 1951 births Living people Bhutanese military personnel People from Thimphu Army generals