The knowledge-base of 34 Guyana Defence Force officers and other ranks was enhanced as a result of professional training obtained at external institutions during 2013.
A release from the GDF on Tuesday said that the officers and ranks who received training overseas, attended military institutions including the US Army Command and General Staff College and completed studies in courses including hydraulic systems and equipment; patrol craft hull maintenance; comprehensive security responses to terrorism; CID special agent; physical training and education for instructors, and inspection of ammunition. Locally, officers and ranks completed professional studies in subjects including mechanical engineering, public management, carpentry and joinery, auto mechanics, catering and hospitality management, accounting, agriculture, nursing, and industrial relations and social studies. On the Caribbean Junior Command and Staff Course in Jamaica a GDF officer also served as an instructor while three other ranks served as support staff. According to the release, Chief of Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips said, “The Guyana Defence Force is a professional organisation and possesses the most sacred of national mandates; that of protecting Guyana’s territorial integrity
