ZAMBOANGA CITY: Brigadier General Gerardo Barrientos Jr. on Wednesday formally assumed office as commander of the 1st Infantry Division in Zamboanga del Sur.

Barrientos, who was the assistant commander of the 4th Infantry Division in Cagayan de Oro City in northern Mindanao, replaced Major General Virgilio Trinidad, who now heads the Northern Luzon Command.

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