TWENTY-ONE Guyana Defence Force (GDF) cadet officers on the Standard Officers’ Course Number 52, on Thursday, concluded “Exercise Tripflare” at the Colonel John Clarke Military School, at Tacama.

The five-day exercise was designed to test the cadets’ ability to administer and command a platoon, in a limited warfare scenario, in the Open-Country Theater.
It also included 21 troops each from the Guyana People’s Militia and Jaguar Company.
Chief of Staff, Brigadier Patrick West, together with Commanding Officer Training Corps, Lt

Col Kenlloyd Roberts, witnessed the final attack of the exercise, on Thursday.
Brigadier West congratulated the cadets and training staff, for a job well done, and said he was satisfied with the efforts made in this major phase of their training. He urged the cadets to continue putting their best foot forward.

“I urge you to look at your shortcomings and make the necessary adjustments to ensure that you address any inconsistencies you may have. You have to press yourselves, and, as you do that, you will see that you can do it,” he said.

Prior to the close of the exercise, Brigadier West interacted with the officer cadets in some of their scenarios where they briefed him of particular tactics and strategic operations that they were conducting.