Comments on: Army fun day visitors ride in new chopper

By: mark simon

mark simon — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:51:50 +0000

i’ll be in touch

By: M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett

M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:48:20 +0000

ah mite be wuking in sling mud when ah come back. so if you don’t mind lil mud on you skin. ok.

By: Kaieteur Gold

Kaieteur Gold — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:00:54 +0000

From all appearances President-elect Barack Obama has not served any time in the U. S. Military Service and will soon be Commander-In-Chief of the most powerful country in the world; so, what if Sandhurst First turns out to be a leading Information Technology (IT) Specialist/Economist and in the process help Guyana to produce graduate students twenty (20) times smarter than some of the current Guyana government officials that were instrumental in the closure of institutions such as Globe Trust and Investments (GTICL), the Guyana Cooperative and Industrial Development Bank (GAIBANK), Guyana Mortgage Finance Bank (GMFB) among other financial institutions in Guyana. And, since you are aware of how things could have been done differently with regards to those financial institutions in Guyana – The world awaits to see how the $700,000,000,000 US approved by the US Senate and Congress will impact the U. S. Economy now officially in recession.

How about letting the world know how socially and economically certain veterans of the GDF end up after giving the best part of their lives to that institution. Do you remember these words: “Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he eats for a lifetime”.

BTW, how is the late L. F. S. Burnham promised “Land For Housing and Farming To The GDF Veterans Program” headed!

And, there is a word called – “REFORM” (or CORRECTION) where Sandhurst First (or others like him) is concerned. Also, It is now history what really led up to the “Boston Tea Party”!

By: SandHurst First

SandHurst First — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:53:55 +0000

The other day on “Prime News”….there was an interview with a child who was attending somthing similar to what they had here….the reporter asked her if she wanted to become a member of the G.D.F…………………….tell me what was her answer……………

By: SandHurst First

SandHurst First — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:49:04 +0000

When i was younger and attended Queens College….i did my best not to let my family down and gained eight subjects at CXC …….I joined the GDF as a private and was fortunate to attend SandHurst…………now don’t you think you could have had that opportuinity had you studied hard in school and become an army officer rather than a Non Commissioned Officer??

By: SandHurst First

SandHurst First — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:45:56 +0000

Well when you come back we must meet each other someday……….i admire they way you write…..unlike most of the others here

By: Kaieteur Gold

Kaieteur Gold — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:43:07 +0000

Re: “Are you implying that those taxpayer bought choppers for national defence are not safe!?!?!” Well, first of all it is not a question of what yours truly may or may not be saying.. but the fact is that all of what have to be taken into account have to do with the strict observance of certain international standards, practices and procedures to certify the air-worthiness of crafts like those being talked about; and, being aboard an helicopter (a second-hand one at that with thousands of flying hours already logged) hundreds of feet up in the air is not the same as traveling on the highway in an second-hand car where you can pull over in the space provided and fix a problem if anything goes wrong. And, gravity has a way of reminding us in what direction we could be headed in the absence of gliding ability in event of a malfunctioning rotary craft. 8-)

By: Fulano de Tal

Fulano de Tal — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:13:20 +0000

OUCH!!! Are you implying that those taxpayer bought choppers for national defence are not safe!?!?! I think not.

By: M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett

M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:57:54 +0000

Been doing that since 1985. took a 1 yr break. back next yr.

By: Kaieteur Gold

Kaieteur Gold — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:42:56 +0000

Hey “mark”! Are we not suppose to be talking about “military” versions of choppers here!!! Then, if you are thinking about taking “Yvette” for a ride within the context of the U. S. Military then it would have to be an Apache, Black Hawk, Cobra…. and not one of those that is being “tried out” by the GDF. Come on now you have got to show some class if you are talking about flying in the USA. ;-)

By: Kaieteur Gold

Kaieteur Gold — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:47:07 +0000

So, why do you think that the people at the “media houses” in Guyana are less “safety conscious” than those that fly the “news choppers” here in the United States of America?

By: Kaieteur Gold

Kaieteur Gold — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:38:47 +0000

How about being a gutsy woman like former “Cptn. Cheryl Pickering” showed us a while back. Come on now Yvette, show us some courage and take one of those “babies” to the skies all by yourself. ;-)

By: SandHurst First

SandHurst First — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:36:37 +0000

hey sometimes you does kill me out with your jokes………why dont you come back to Guyana and teach the kids something worthwhile?

By: SandHurst First

SandHurst First — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:34:57 +0000

You mean like how the little helicopter couldn’t fly over the corentyne river to look for those backtrackers who drowned……………they said the helicopter cannot fly over water……….we know it flew here to get here and when it reached it had over 10,000 flying hours as one man said………..although the administration said it was brand new!!

By: former G.D.F. N.C.O.

former G.D.F. N.C.O. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:46:39 +0000

Fulano-De-Tal I think that you are choseing the wrong person to side with on any issue in relation to the army , Sandhurst was send to repersent the army and in extention the country at one of the best school in the world when it come to training for soldiers and he let the country down, cannot get into any details because to be honest I do not know all the details , but he was send back to Guyana what a shame, I hope that you are not a former , or current soldier what the army is doing with the kids is good its a motivation to them they may want to join when they grow up and be a help to the country and its future. just stand down.

By: octo

octo — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:38:20 +0000

i agree with you i bet you at another crime call the gdf will complain of breakdown and shortage of fuel all this is just PR.

By: good guy

good guy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:09:10 +0000

Sandhurst –stop being a hater and give credit where it is due . You defended this army is several past issues and now you are condemning it . We all know that you were fired –blame the system not the institution .

By: M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett

M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:22:41 +0000

ssssssssshh… you can’t use the ‘f’ word…. you got to say ‘big’ lady.

By: SandHurst First

SandHurst First — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:54:19 +0000

The fat lady has sung……the show is over!!!

By: M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett

M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:37:31 +0000

Anybody knows if the kids had flight insurance when they went up in the helicopters? What woulda happen if the copter had developed a lil aerodynamic deficiency? Was it right/legal/regular/whatever to take up the kids? Parents signed disclaimer? Ah but fun while it lasted…

By: Charriot

Charriot — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:24:19 +0000

They are promoting the GDF, so others may join the services and take the country to higher heights.

Come on Sandman, stop being a hate monger.

By: yvette munroe

yvette munroe — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:44:56 +0000

ulric i dont want that kind of duty. especially Torture

By: yvette munroe

yvette munroe — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:43:47 +0000

mark you will have to take me to the states to ride in one of those helicopters

By: stone

stone — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:31:29 +0000

The days of hand to hand combat in the field, is a thing of the pass, even through we in the US still get train that way, because you never know, but the GDF going hand to hand that would be the day, with that said just keep doing what you guys do.