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GDF Colonel excels at Advanced Course in US
Colonel Mark Phillips of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) attended and successfully completed the 50th Advanced Course in Hemispheric Defence and Security at the Inter-American Defence College during the academic year 2010-2011.
The Inter-American Defence College at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., is an international educational institution operating under the aegis of the Organization of American States (OAS). It provides a multi-disciplinary, graduate-level course of study for senior military and civilian officers.
Colonel Phillips is duly recognised after successfully completing the Advanced Course (GDF photo)
The rigorous one-year course provides a comprehensive understanding of governmental systems, the current international environment, the Inter-American system, and security issues affecting the Western Hemisphere and the world.
The Advanced Course in Hemispheric Defence and Security prepares senior military officers and civilian government officials from the OAS member states to assume strategic advisory positions related to hemispheric defence and security, and to work in security and defence strategy and policy development at the highest levels of decision-making.
Colonel Phillips, hails from the mining town of Linden, where he attended the Christianburg Primary School and the Christainburg/Wismar Secondary School (Multilateral School) prior to joining the Guyana Defence Force in December 1980.
Upon graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, in the United Kingdom in 1981, Colonel Phillips served the Guyana Defence Force in several junior and senior level appointments over the last thirty years.
Prior to attending the Advanced Course in Hemispheric Defence and Security, Colonel Phillips held the appointments of Colonel (Administration & Quartering), and Colonel (General Staff) in the Defence Headquarters of the GDF. He was Guyana’s Head of Delegation to the Inter-American Defence Board from 2008 to 2009, and at present is Guyana’s non-resident Military Attaché to Venezuela.
Colonel Phillips holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Management from the University of Guyana (1998), and a Masters Degree in Public Sector Management from La Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic (2000).
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