Rear Admiral (rtd) Gary Best has alerted Brigadier Mark Phillips about the challenges he is likely to encounter in his new command as Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), and encouraged him to remain focused on leading and effecting positive change in the force.
A release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said that the advice came as Best officially handed over the responsibility of Chief-of-Staff to Brigadier Phillips, retiring after 33 years in the GDF, six of which he was the Chief-of-Staff.
Best was quoted as telling the new Chief-of –Staff, “Your greatest test is not where you stand in the