Md Muhsin Alam

Md Muhsin Alam, ndc, psc, is a Brigadier General (One-star General[1]) in Bangladesh Army and the current Sector Commander of Northern Sector, MONUSCO. He served as a Colonel GS[2] and Deputy Director General of DGFI. He also served as Principal[3] of BKSP as a colonel. In 2019, he was appointed as the Commander[4] of the Para Commando Brigade. Para Commando Brigade has received its flag from the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina on 28 October 2020.[5][6][7] This entitles him as a flag officer.[8]

Brigadier General

Md Muhsin Alam
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service/branch Bangladesh Army
Years of service1991–present
Rank Brigadier General
Unit United Nations
Commands held
  • 2 Infantry Battalions
  • 1 UN Special Forces Contingent
  • 1 Infantry Brigade
  • Para Commando Brigade
  • Northern Sector, MONUSCO
Alma materNotre Dame College

Education and Training

Md Muhsin Alam was commissioned in the corps of Infantry in June 1991 with 24th BMA Long Course. He has successfully completed a number of courses at home and abroad. The General topped Army Commando Course.[9] He attended Combat Tracking Course[10] from Malaysia, Free Fall Course[11] from China and UN Integrated Mission Staff Officer Course [12] from Canada.

He is a graduate from Defence Services Command and Staff College[13] (DSCSC), completed his Masters in Defence Studies (MDS) from National University , and also graduated from National Defence College[14][15] (NDC). He is an alumnus of Hazrabari High School, Jamalpur, and Notre Dame College, Dhaka.

Military career

Md Muhsin Alam has served in various command, staff, and instructional appointments in his career. As staff, he served in an Infantry Brigade as General Staff Officer Grade-2 (GSO-2), Colonel GS and Deputy Director-General of DGFI and Principal of BKSP.

Chattogram Hill tracts (CHT)

As a young officer, He served in a battalion of East Bengal Regiment and took part in Operation DABANOL[16] in CHT. During this period he served in Marishya Zone (Rangamati Hill District). He was Commanding Officer (CO) of a Battalion of Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (BIR). He was also the Zone Commander of Ruma Zone.[17]

He was the Zone Commander[17] of Baghaitat Zone Also. He was put in command of Baghaihat zone overnight to mitigate a particularly sensitive crisis[18] From Ruma Zone he conducted number of Anti Narcotics Operation (Poppy field destruction) in Likri para.

Free Faller

He is an Active Sky Diver. He has undergone Free Fall Courses in PLA Airborne School in China. He is the only Officer of Bangladesh Armed Forces who participated in Free Fall jump at the rank of Brigadier General.[19]

Led The Free Faller Contingent in Victory Day Parade 2021

16 December 2021 was the 50th Anniversary of Bangladesh's Victory Day and Independence. It was also the Birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Shiekh Mujibur Rahman. To commemorate this, 50 brave Free Fallers from Para Commando Brigade jumped. Brigadier General Muhsin led the Free Faller contingent. For the first time ever In Bangladesh's history, a Brigadier General jumped in the National Victory Day Parade - which was highly praised and highlighted in the news and social media. [20]

He was also the overall commander of the Para Commando's in National Victory Day Parade 2021, which Included the Ceremonial Parade, SPIE (Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction), Counter Terrorism and lastly - the free faller contingent.

SPIE was introduced for the first time in Bangladesh Army by Brigadier General Muhsin in National Victory Day Parade 2019.

School of Infantry and Tactics (SI&T)

Md Muhsin Alam is a veteran instructor of this Institution. At the rank of Lieutenant, he served in Weapon Wing and conducted Young Officers Basic Course - Infantry (YOBC). As a Captain, he served in Special Warfare Wing from 1994 to 1996, and as Major, he served in Special Warfare Wing from 2002 to 2004. He conducted Basic Commando Course (BCC), Army Commando Course (ACC), Counter Insurgency (CI) and jungle warfare (JW) course, tracking course, and free fall courses.

Staff Appointments

As a Staff, he served as General Staff Officer Grade-2 (GSO-2) of an Independent Infantry Brigade.

Commands

He commanded two Infantry Battalions, one Special Forces Contingent in UNAMID (Darfur, Sudan), one Infantry brigade, Para Commando Brigade and Northern Sector, MONUSCO.

Sector Commander, MONUSCO

Md Muhsin Alam is the current Sector Commander of Northern Sector, MONUSCO. [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]

Exercises

Md Muhsin Alam has participated in many Joint Exercises, namely Balance Buffalo and Advanced Marksmanship (US Army), Exercise Tiger Shark (US Army), and Exercise Cope South[37] (US Air Force).

As Commander of Para Commando Brigade, he conducted Exercise Tiger Shark[38][39][40] on 24 September 2020, a 24-day Joint Counter-Terrorism Training Exercise Bengal Brit[41] (Royal British Army) on and six-day long Exercise Cope South.[42][43][44] on 6 February 2020. Under his directive, a week-long customized training was rendered to members of the Crisis Response Team of the Bangladesh Police on June 2021.

Awards and decorations
Master Parachutist badge
 Freefall Parachutist Badge
 Bangladesh Army Para Commando Bravet
 Cheetah Insignia
 Army Medal
 Dabanal Padak
 Jestha Padak III


Personal life

Muhsin was born in 1971 and hails from Jamalpur, Bangladesh. He is married and has a son. He is a keen golfer and took sports as his favourite pastime. He also participated in a humanitarian aid drive amid recent COVID-19 pandemic[45] He is an extensive traveller and has visited many countries in both official and personal capacity.

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