Colonel Ke­ston Charles has of­fi­cial­ly demit­ted of­fice as the 20th Com­mand­ing Of­fi­cer of the T&T Reg­i­ment, hand­ing over com­mand to Colonel Dwayne Ed­wards.

His de­par­ture comes amid a wider shake-up in the De­fence Force’s lead­er­ship, fol­low­ing the Oc­to­ber 7 re­vo­ca­tion of Air Vice Mar­shal Dar­ryl Daniel’s ap­point­ment as Chief of De­fence Staff. Cap­tain Don Po­lo has since been ap­point­ed to the post.

In his farewell mes­sage to of­fi­cers and sol­diers, Colonel Charles ex­pressed full con­fi­dence in his suc­ces­sor and urged mem­bers of the Reg­i­ment to re­main com­mit­ted to du­ty.