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Drive with us on this virtual road trip from to Dochula Pass in Bhutan. The convoy of the Chief of Army Staff can be seen passing by. He seemed to be heading to his village near Punakha. Goongloen Gongma (Major General) Batoo Tshering, DYG, DW, DT, DK, is the current Chief Operations Officer of the Royal Bhutan Army (COO). He succeeded the outgoing chief, Goongloen Gongma (Lieutenant General) Lam Dorji on 1 November 2005. Tshering underwent training at Indian Military Academy and got commissioned into the Royal Bhutan Army in November 1971. Thereafter, he was attached with the Indian Army and underwent Young Officers Course, Commando Course, Intelligence Staff Officers' Course, Junior Command Course, Senior Command Course in various schools of instruction in India. He is also a graduate of