Efforts continue to have Caymanian-only regiment
(CNS): Major General Mark Lancaster, who helped to establish the Cayman Islands Regiment, made a flying visit to the islands at the weekend to discuss the “strategic development of the unit” with senior officials. Lord Lancaster, a member of the House of Lords and Honorary Colonel of the CIR, is helping with succession planning and efforts to make enlistment into the local military force 100% Caymanian.
Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly said, “Lord Lancaster has been instrumental in shaping the Cayman Islands Regiment, and we are grateful for his unwavering commitment and being a champion of such. This visit provides a valuable opportunity to strengthen our vision of a fully Caymanian Regiment, ensuring its resilience and leadership for generations to come.”
The goal is to bolster local involvement to ensure its future growth and sustainability.
Lord Lancaster began his visit on Friday morning with breakfast hosted at Government House with members of Hazard Management Cayman Islands and the Ministry of Home Affairs. He also attended various exercises performed by the Cayman Islands Regiment on base and satellite locations before leaving on Sunday.
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A noble goal of some importance to internal security (provided the highest standards are maintained), but given the government itself cannot tell who is Caymanian from not Caymanian, and seems to even issue passports to people not entitled to them, while registering others to vote, good luck with that.
Discrimination right in your face. More medals Frano?
Oh, “discrimination,” you say? I’d call it “protection with flair”! We’re just making sure that our Caymanians get the first crack at something as prestigious as the Regiment. Can you imagine the chaos if we opened the floodgates to everyone? We’d have foreign nationals signing up left, right, and center just to secure cozy government contract! Before you know it, we’d have an entire regiment of folks whose only combat experience is battling for a spot on Seven Mile Beach!
As for the medals, well, if we handed them out like candy, maybe Frano would get one! But rest assured, this is no free-for-all.
You heard Lord Lancaster, the Cayman Islands Regiment is our local military force. So before you shout “discrimination” too loudly, let’s look at the facts. Non-nationals can’t join the U.S. military unless they have legal permanent residency, and it is the same for many other countries. So, protecting local jobs and military forces is hardly a new idea, and definitely not something unique to the Cayman Islands!
Just a little “protection,” my friend, not discrimination. So next time think before you respond through your “donkey”.
Beggars can’t be choosers.