Fifty-one complete GDF skill-at-arms course

The graduates and others (GDF photo)
The graduates and others (GDF photo)

Fifty ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and one rank of the Guyana Prison Service recently completed the GDF’s Skill-At-Arms Course (SAAC).

The six-week course ended with a ceremony at the Colonel John Clark Military School, Tacama, the GDF said in a release.

Sergeant (SGT) Simeon Spencer won the Best Graduating Student award, while SGT Melvin Watts earned the Runner-up graduating Student and Best Coach prizes. Corporal Cheddi Darsham was adjudged the best shot.

The Junior and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers and their lone Guyana Prison Service counterpart covered a number of subject areas including Physical Fitness, Method of Instructions, General Skill-At-Arms, Field Craft, coaching, First Aid, Weapon Handling, Weapon Proficiency, and Force Social Media Policy and Values and Standards.