{"id":26903,"date":"2025-03-12T15:50:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26903"},"modified":"2025-03-12T15:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:50:45","slug":"gdf-annual-officers-conference-focuses-on-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gdf-annual-officers-conference-focuses-on-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"GDF Annual Officers&#8217; Conference Focuses on Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan<\/em><br><em>February 13, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) opened its Annual Officers&#8217; Conference at Base Camp Ayanganna this morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-day conference, under the theme &#8220;Transforming the Force to better confront the nation\u2019s present and future challenges by enhancing its Awareness, Adaptability, and Agility capabilities,&#8221; aims to explore advancements in defense strategy to ensure the GDF remains a capable force, ready to defend Guyana\u2019s sovereignty and contribute to national development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Omar Khan, reaffirmed the commitment of GDF personnel to serve with discipline, resilience, and loyalty, emphasizing the force&#8217;s readiness to protect the country amidst global challenges and the continued territorial claims from unstable neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, the GDF made significant advancements in training, infrastructure, and asset acquisition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The maritime domain saw the arrival of the 115-feet near-coastal patrol vessel, GDSF Shahoud, and the ordering of an ocean patrol vessel worth \u20ac39.5 million, set to arrive in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brigadier Khan also highlighted the ongoing investment in human capabilities, with over 6,000 ranks trained since 2020, including 1,200 trained locally and 200 overseas in advanced courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference brings together senior officers, policymakers, and key stakeholders to discuss the GDF&#8217;s evolving role in national defense and global security challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia LoganFebruary 13, 2025 The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) opened its Annual Officers&#8217; Conference at Base Camp Ayanganna this morning. The two-day conference, under the theme &#8220;Transforming the Force&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26904,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26903\/revisions\/26904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}