The Guyana Defence Force on Monday saw the graduation of its second female paratrooper at the headquarters of the 31 Special Forces Squadron at Base Camp Stephenson. Chief of Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips, extended congratulations to Lance Corporal (LCPL) Indrani Lyte on her achievement. LCPL Lyte was among 17 soldiers who successfully completed the Grade Three Special Forces and the Basic Paratrooper’s courses.
A release from the GDF said that in his remarks, Brigadier Phillips explained that the graduates were now not just soldiers trained in a specialist field but that they had now also become brothers and sisters in the force’s family of paratroopers.
‘This is a special unit. Your training is specialised and is geared toward special missions.