Armed Forces of Guyana

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GuyanaGuyana Guyanese Armed Forces
Guyana Defense Forces
Guyana Defense Force Crest.svg
guide
Commander in Chief : President David Arthur Granger
Military Commander: Brig Gen Mark Philips
Military strength
Active soldiers: 000000000003400.00000000003,400
Conscription: No
Eligibility for military service: 17th
Share of gross domestic product : 1.09% 2012
history
Founding: 1965

The Guyana Defense Forces ( GDF ) are the armed forces of Guyana .

history

The GDF was established on November 1, 1965 and was originally formed from members of the British Guiana Volunteer Force (BGVF), the Special Service Unit (SSU), the British Guiana Police Force (BGPF) and newly drafted civilians.

It is now a volunteer army and is also open to female soldiers . Crews and NCOs are trained in Guyana, Army officers are trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Coast Guard officers are trained at Britannia Royal Naval College . The GDF's motto is "Service".

She is a member of the Council of South American Defense and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and participant in the US International Military Education and Training (IMET) program, the Canadian Military Training Assistance Program (MTAP) and a Chinese military initiative Training and provision of military equipment. It is also a partner of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) .

The tasks of the GDF include national defense , maintaining the sovereignty of the state, internal order and security as well as providing support in emergencies and disasters. The use of the GDF is decided by the President and Parliament. The Defense Committee consists of the President, the Prime Minister, the Interior Minister and three other persons appointed for this purpose.

The GDF had its first major mission in January 1969 when it was used in the Rupununi uprising against the Rupununi rebels supported by Venezuela. The uprising was put down by the GDF after a few hours on the same day.

In August 1969, in the border conflict with Suriname, the area around the New River and a runway near the Tigri were liberated by Surinamese troops with the "Operation Climax" .

Organization and equipment

The armed forces are subordinate to the respective Guyanese prime minister and their commander in chief is the Guyanese president. Furthermore, they are not subject to any special parliamentary control.

army

structure

Departments:

Armament

armored vehicles :

Guns, mortars and rocket launchers:

Infantry weapons:

air force

The Guyana Defense Force Air Corps was established in 1968 and currently has 2 aircraft and 4 helicopters:

plane origin Type version In service Remarks
Transport and liaison aircraft
Short Skyvan United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Transport plane SC-7 Skyvan 3M 1 In service since 1979.
Harbin Y-12 Panda China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Transport plane Y-12 1 In service since 2002.
helicopter
Bell 206 JetRanger United StatesUnited States United States helicopter 206B 2 In service since 1976.
Bell 412 United StatesUnited States United States helicopter 412 1 In service since 1984.
RotorWay Exec 162F United StatesUnited States United States Light helicopter 162F 1 In service since 2004.

Coast guard

The maritime component of the GDF was set up in 1969 and reclassified as a coast guard in 1990 . The Guyana Defense Force Coast Guard has the following ships and boats:

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Caribbean: Defense and Security in the Anglophone Caribbean - The Roads to Cooperation . In: Red de Seguridad y Defensa de América Latina (RESDAL): A Comparative Atlas of Defense in Latin America and Caribbean. Edition 2010, especially table Organization of Defense and Security Forces. P. 113 and Legal functions related to defense in the system. P. 116 f (whole article p. 113–128, pdf, resdal.org, there p. 4 f).
  2. ^ Odeen Ishmael, The Trail of Diplomacy: The Guyana-Venezuela Border Issue
  3. ^ World Military Aircraft Inventory. Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology , January 15, 2007.
  4. ↑ Video footage of the 8R-GRR Skyvan shortly after landing (piloted by Mike Rogers) . January 23, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  5. ↑ Photo of the GDF Short SC-7 Skyvan, 8R-GGK (airliners.net) . December 7, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ Article with exterior and interior photos of the 8R-GGK Skyvan . April 6, 2007. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  7. ↑ Article about the Bell 412 and other GDF aircraft at the Guyana Times website (with a larger resolution photograph of the Bell 412 in flight) . February 9, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2013.

Web links

Commons : Guyanese Armed Forces  - Collection of images, videos and audio files