I would like to say this to all the veterans who are suffering from Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (P.T.S.D.) and all whom should have reached retirement age by now, to return to Guyana and help develop our country by volunteering in the school system, talking to young people about responsibility or get involved in educating our youths about HIV. The need is so dire at the moment in our local communities where role models are lacking. Young people today can certainly use the expertise, time, patience and skills of the men and women who fought with dignity for their country and have now retired. Yes, we have retired from our duties in the army, but our general and patriotic responsibilities to our countrymen and women still stand. I urge all past servicemen, even here in Guyana, those who’ve served in the Guyana Defence Force, to take up the challenge and continue to serve and give. Yes, your work has been a heavy load thus far, but the job is not over yet—not until you have intervened wherever a need arises in our troubled homeland.

There are so many things to do in Guyana that is therapeutic, and giving back to our country of birth, after risking our life for another country, I think it’s the right thing to do.

SYDNEY TAIT