French army confers medals on Best, Lovell

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Kopecky (left) congratulating Commodore Gary Best (GDF photo)

The French armed forces has conferred the Gold Medal of National Defence and the Silver Medal of National Defence on Army Chief of Staff Commodore Gary Best and Colonel General Staff Bruce Lovell, respectively.

In a press release, the Guyana Defence Force said France’s outgoing non-resident Military Attaché, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Kopecky decorated the officers with the medals on behalf of his country’s Minister of Defence, Gerard Longuet. The medal has