Latest update January 23rd, 2025 7:40 AM
Four Officers, one other rank return from China training
From left; Major Lloyd Souvenir , Captain Anson Weekes , Captain James Fraser , Staff Sergeant Selwyn Douglas and Lieutenant Jermaine White.
Four Guyana Defence Force Officers and one other rank recently returned from China where they successfully completed a number of Military courses.
Major Lloyd Souvenir, Captains Anson Weekes and James Fraser, Lieutenant Jermaine White and Staff Sergeant Selwyn Douglas, completed the Army Battalion Commander Course, the Air Force Command and Staff Course, the Army Basic Staff Course, the Special Operations Platoon Leaders Course and the Wired Communication Engineers Course, respectively.
It was the first time that personnel from the GDF participated in the Air Force Command and Staff Course and the Wired Communication Engineers Course. Captain Weekes, who completed the former at the Air Force Command College of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force in Beijing, was recognised for excellent performance as he achieved five A+ and nine A grades in the 14 subject areas.
The Course covered a number of areas including National Security Strategy, Air Force Strategy, Air Force Combat Operation and Air Force Operational Organisation.
Additionally, Weekes was part of a seven-man group which won a war game organized by the College and also copped the second prize at an academic forum for being part of a three-man group that authored a paper on “the Study of the Influence of Information Technology on Modern Warfare.” He was also required to defend his thesis on “The Construction of an Air Force Operational Command and Control System Based on the Influential Factors in the Guyana Defence Force.”
Staff Sergeant Douglas, who is also the first individual to benefit from the Wired Communication and Engineers Course, was exposed to a number of areas including Digital Communication Technology, Data Communication Network, Fibre-Optic Communications and Tactical Communication.
Since 2000, GDF students have been annually undergoing various training courses in China, which ranks number three for countries where GDF trains its soldiers. The first set of GDF officers to be trained in China was in 1976.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
Poverty does not come with a lifetime warranty
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When the national discussion segues to poverty reduction, it resurrects the age-old debate... more
OAS Secretary General Election and renewed OAS Consensus
Antiguan Barbudan Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- The upcoming election... more
Weekend Cartoon
