GDF logistics efficiency critical to mission success – Lieutenant tells ranks on training course

Sixteen ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have begun a 12-week Junior All Arms Ordnance Course aimed at strengthening their ability to manage military stores and ensure accountability in the use of resources.

The course, conducted by the GDF Training Corps, covers Government Store Regulations, Material Regulations, storekeeping procedures, accounting for rations, petroleum products and other military stores.

Participants will also receive training in introductory bookkeeping, stores documentation and environmental health and sanitation. Addressing the ranks at the opening of the course, Officer Commanding Technical Division, Lieutenant Commander Derrick Johnson, stressed the importance of logistics to the effective execution of military operations.