As we salute Gen. Johnson Juma (JJ) Okot, the new Chief of General Staff, let’s honor and celebrate Gen. Gabriel Jok Riak, the outgoing Chief of General Staff, for his revolutionary courage and soldierly dedication during the war of liberation and for his distinguished services as Chief of General Staff from May 2018 to May 2020. During the armed revolutionary struggle, CDR Jok Riak distinguished himself in various battlefields, including one in which he was critically wounded, prompting a joint visit by CDR John Garang and CDR Salva Kiir to a hospital in which he was admitted – under intensive care. Founding Division, Jamus Battalion, Shield One.
