– chief-of-staff urges cadets

CHIEF-of-Staff, Brigadier Patrick West has urged cadets being trained on the Standard Officers Course (SOC) 52 to commit to facing all challenges head-on as they evolve into candidates for officership.

The Brigadier made this disclosure on Thursday during his address to the officer cadets at the Guyana Defence Force headquarters.

“Learn how to strengthen your weak areas. Learn how to be better than you were last week. Consider where you went wrong and endeavour to make some mark of improvement during your next attempt. Quitting must not be an option!” he said.

Brigadier West acknowledged the rigorousness of the course and emphasised that the candidates for officership must make the necessary adjustments of their bodies and minds if they wanted to succeed.

“You must overcome challenges of all kinds, be determined, since you are the authors of how your story will unfold,” he challenged the cadets.

He continued: “Everything in this course is designed to make you better and stronger individuals and worthy officers in service of the GDF and Guyana.”

Twenty-four cadets are participating in the SOC 52. These includes two candidates from the Guyana Fire Service, one from the Guyana Prison Service, two from the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force, two from the St Kitts and Nevis Defence Force, two from the Belize Defence Force, and two from the Belize Coast Guard.