“Crashing Down on Us” 69 10. Lieutenant-General Aung Aung, Commander of the Bureau of Special Operations-2 (October 2022 – January 2024)226 11. Brigadier General Aung Zaw Htwe, Commander of the Northern Regional Command (March 2024 – present)227 12. Brigadier General Soe Hlaing, (July 2023 – March 2024)228 Commander of the Northern Regional Command 13. Major-General Zaw Min (February 2024 – present)229 Commander of the Eastern Regional Command Commander of the Eastern Regional Command 14. Brigadier General Hla (Until January 2024)230 Latt, Moe, 15. Colonel Kyaw Phone Aung, Commander of Tanai Regional Operations Command (April 2024 – present)231 16. Brigadier General Myat Min Moe, Commander of Tanai Regional Operations Command (August 2023 – April 2024)232 17. Colonel Aung Kyaw Khine, Commander of Loikaw Regional Operations Command (June 2024 – present)233 18. Brigadier General Tun Naing Oo, Commander of Loikaw Regional Operations Command (Until June 2024)234 19. Colonel Kyaw Thura, (November 2023 – present)235 Commander of Military Operations Command-7 226 Ibid. 227 See, “Supporting for Heroes in Front Line: Kachin State Gov. Contributed 4th Time Donation,” Myanmar International Television, August 22, 2024, https://www.myanmaritv.com/news/supporting-heroes-front-line-kachin-state-govcontributed-4th-time-donation. 228 See, “Ground Inspection: SAC Member Held Meeting with Locals in Tanai,” Myanmar International Television, September 16, 2023, https://www.myanmaritv.com/news/ground-inspection-sac-member-held-meeting-locals-tanai. 229 See, Junta Ministry of Information, “The Eastern Command Opened its 2025 Commander’s Trophy Thaing (Myanmar’s Martial Arts) Men’s and Women’s Tournament Yesterday Morning at the Gymnasium of the Training Depot in Bahtoo,” July 9, 2025, https://www.moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/news/18346. 230 See, “Commander Offers Support to Patients at Tatmadaw Hospital in Shan State (South),” Myanmar Digital News, July 11, 2025, https://mdn.gov.mm/en/commander-offers-support-patients-tatmadaw-hospital-shan-state-south and “ကာာကွွယ််ရေး�းဦးးစီးး�ချုု�ပ််(လေ�) တံံခွွန်စိုု ် က် � ဒိုု ် င်းး � � ဘော်�်�လီီဘော�ာပြို�ု�င််ပွဲဲ� ဗိုု�လ်လုုပွဲဲ� ် နှှင့် �ဆုုပေး �းပွဲဲ�ကျျင်းး�ပ [Commander-in-Chief (Air) Challenge Cup ် Volleyball Tournament: Final Match and Award Ceremony Held],” Myawady News, July 7, 2025, https://www.myawady. net.mm/node/72303. 231 See, Kachin State Government, “ကချျင််ပြ�ည််နယ််ဝန််ကြီး�း�ချုု�ပ်် တနိုု�င်းး�ခရိုု� င်အတွွင်းး ် � ဟူးး�ကော�ာင်းး�ဒေေသအတွွင်းး� တန််(၂၀)ကျျ ဒိုးး�� ကလေး�းဆန််စက််ဖွွင့် �် လှှစ်ပေး ် �း၊ သီးး�ထပ််စိုုက် � ပျိုး� ် း��ရေး�းအတွွက်် သစ််စိိမ်းး�မြေ�ေသြ�ဇာာ (ပိုု�က်ဆံ ် လျှော် ံ �်��) ကြဲ�ဲပက်သ ် ရုုပ််ပြ�ပွဲဲ�နှှင့် �် နိုု�င်ငံ့့�စီးး ် �ပွား��းမြှ�ှင့််�တင််ရေး�း ရန််ပုံံငွေေ�ဖြ�င့် � �် စိုု�က်ပျိုး� ် း��မွေး�း�မြူ�ူရေး�း လုုပ််ငန်းး�များ�း�တွွင်် မတည််ပေး�းနိုု�င်ရေး�း ် ကွွင်းး�ဆင်းး�စစ််ဆေး�းဆော�ာင််ရွွက်် [The Chief Minister of Kachin State Inaugurated a 20-Ton Rice Mill in the Hukawng Area of Tanai District, held a Demonstration of Spreading Green Manure for Additional Crop Cultivation, and Conducted a Field Inspection to Ensure that the National Economic Development Fund was Used to Support Agricultural and Livestock Activities],” February 18, 2025, https://kachinstate.gov.mm/ကချျင််ပြ�ည််နယ််ဝန််ကြီး�း�ချျ-490/. 232 See, “Truckload of Junta Military Equipment Seized in Sagaing Region,” Mizzima, August 31, 2023, https://mizzima.com/ article/truckload-junta-military-equipment-seized-sagaing-region#google_vignette. 233 See, “SAC Chairman Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspects Loikaw Regional Control Command,” The Global New Light of Myanmar, September 5, 2024, https://www.gnlm.com.mm/sacchairman-commander-in-chief-of-defence-services-senior-general-min-aung-hlaing-inspects-loikaw-regionalcontrol-command/. 234 See, “Kayah State Department of Legal Affairs Office’s Facebook Post,” June 24, 2020, https://www.facebook.com/ permalink.php/?story_fbid=151946866500999&id=109561824072837. 235 See, “လော�ာက််ကိုုင် � တွွ ် င််လက်န ် က််ချျခဲ့့�သည့််� ဗိုု�လ်မှူး ် �း ချုု�ပ််များ�း�နေေရာာ အစား�းထိုးး�� ခန့် �အပ်် [Replacements Appointed for Brigadier Generals ် Who Surrendered in Laukkai],” The Irrawaddy, January 19, 2024, https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/shortnews/2024/01/19/378630.html.