The Guyana contingent comprising ranks from the Guyana Defence and Police Forces that provided security at the just concluded Summit of the Americas in Trinidad recently returned to the country.Guyana Defence Force troops returned home last Saturday morning.The Brazilian Air Force Boeing 727 jet, which transported them to the twin-island Republic on March 21 last, touched down safely at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, much to the appreciation of the parents and relatives of the soldiers who were on hand to witness their return.The Base Commander of Base Camp Stephenson, Lieutenant Colonel Claude Fraser, and the Commanding Officer 1 Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Lee, welcomed the troops on their arrival, on behalf of the Chief-of-Staff.They congratulated the troops on a mission accomplished, and said that the Force and all Guyana were proud of them.The company was under the command of Major Dwaine Jervis.“We worked very hard to ensure the achievement of the goals for the security of the environment for the Fifth Summit of the Americas,Cheap Wholesale Jerseys,” he said.“We were deployed to work jointly with other members from Defence Forces from within CARICOM. Our mission,China Jerseys NFL, while challenging, allowed us to demonstrate the reality of a Regional Security System at work. We have been training with our CARICOM colleagues for a while now and the joint approach and perspective paid off since we were able to provide the security environment within which the Summit could be properly hosted,” he added.Corporal Vince Haynes who was deployed in Sector 2 of the Communications Operations Base said that the stint in Trinidad was challenging. He noted,Isaiah Thomas Jersey, however, that despite the high profile of the Summit,Cheap China Jerseys, and the fact that 34 Heads of States and their delegations were in attendance, it was quite like any other security deployment.Corporal Haynes pointed out that he and his colleagues were professional in the conduct of their duties.He said that their training was complimented by briefings which clarified their mission and defined their operational activities.Corporal Leonard Boyce of the Medical Corps, who served as the Senior Medic at one of the established medical bases, said that he worked alongside two of his Trinidadian colleagues to ensure that medical services were available for the troops.Both ranks said that the troops’ contact with the citizenry was limited to extending the basic courtesies whenever any interaction was necessary.Ms. Ann Baptiste, mother of Lance Corporal Reagan Barrett, was overjoyed and very happy to see her son and all his colleagues deplane safely at Timehri.Lance Corporal Newton Norville’s mother, Ms Elizabeth Cumberbatch, who was also present to witness her son’s arrival back home, said that she was excited to see him again. She thanked God for the troop’s safe arrival home.Sergeant Floyd Johnson of 2nd Infantry Battalion was met by his wife, who expressed her delight at seeing him and his colleagues safe.The GDF troops had traveled? to Trinidad and Tobago at the request of that country’s government, to participate in providing security for the 5th Summit of the Americas which concluded in that country on April 18.The contingent from the Guyana Police Force was headed by an Assistant Superintendent.Prior to the commencement of the Summit,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, the contingent was exposed to a number of rehearsals and training exercises which assisted them in performing their tasks in an effective manner for which they were commended.