Chief of Staff promoted to Rear Admiral

Commander- in- Chief of the Armed Forces, President Donald Ramotar (right), and Secretary of the Defence Board, Dr. Roger Luncheon pinning the insignia of the rank of Rear Admiral on Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff Gary Best. (GINA photo)

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Gary Best was yesterday promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, the Govern-ment Information Agency reported.
Best is one month away from retiring.

GINA said that Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces President Donald Ramotar and Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon who is also Secretary to the Defence Board decorated the Chief of Staff with the insignia of the rank of Rear Admiral.

The ceremony took place at the Office of the President in the presence of his