THE Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has reported that 283 recruits have started the Basic Recruit Training course at the Colonel John Clarke Military School at Tacama and Base Seweyo from Friday last.

A GDF press release said 200 recruits will undergo training in Tacama, while the remainder will be trained at Base Seweyo.

The GDF release describes the Basic Recruit Course (BRC) as providing induction training for entrants at the Ordinary Rank level. It is intended to produce fit, obedient, loyal and disciplined soldiers who possess high standards of skill and marksmanship abilities.

The release said that soldiers from the last batch of recruits had completed training on June 20, 2014, and have already been attached to units across the GDF. Like that batch, the recruits currently in Seweyo would, upon successful completion of the 10 weeks of rigorous training, be posted to the technical and specialist units of the GDF.

The GDF release noted that this is the last course for 2014. The next recruitment course would be assembled in March 2015; and again, the Force is anticipating giving young, able-bodied males and females an opportunity to serve Guyana and build a worthwhile career in the GDF.