Tag: Cayman Regiment
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 […]
New CI Regiment commander coming from Trinidad
(CNS): Colonel Roger Carter, a career military man from Trinidad and Tobago, has been appointed as the new commanding officer of the Cayman Islands Regiment and is expected to take up the post in April. Carter was selected following an open competitive recruitment process that attracted a broad field of candidates, officials from the governor’s office […]
Over two dozen more recruits join up for CI Regiment
(CNS): Twenty-nine men and women who joined the Cayman Islands Regiment in its third round of recruitment have completed two weeks of intense basic military skills training, including first aid, communication and navigation skills, basic water rescue as well as humanitarian and disaster relief skills. This swells the ranks of this military organisation to 110 […]
Cayman Regiment seeking more recruits
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Regiment (CIR) is looking for volunteers for the third round of recruitment for the local part-time army. The CIR said it is looking for physically able individuals between 18 and 50 years old who are Caymanian or permanent residents. Potential candidates are expected to complete the four-phase recruitment process: a physical […]
Regiment gets supplies to quarantined families
(CNS): Dozens of families had to go into unexpected quarantine last week after an outbreak of COVID-19 at the George Town Primary School, but many of them were not able to get to the supermarkets before they were locked down and found themselves short on supplies. As a result, the Cayman Islands Regiment was enlisted […]
Cayman Regiment spends $380k on used trucks
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Regiment said it has saved over $600,000 by purchasing used trucks and other vehicles for that will be used in various emergency situations as well as deploying the part-time soldiers. The regiment has spent $379,869 on two MAN HX60 4×4 Drop Side Cargos, a 4×4 HX60 crane truck, two Mercedes Unimog […]
CIG spends nearly $3M on new fire trucks
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Fire Service (CIFS) has received seven new fire fighting trucks, which cost US$3 million, to replace its existing domestic fleet. The new trucks have arrived just a few months after the Ministry of Home Affairs spent almost $3.5 million on new trucks for CIFS aerodrome service. The new trucks were picked […]
Cayman regiment cadet wins Sandhurst award
(CNS): A Cayman Islands Regiment officer cadet has become the second in the regiment’s short history to win Best International Recruit Award at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), officials said in a release Thursday. Officer Cadet Nathan Dack follows in the footsteps of Lieutenant Halston Farley, who won the award while on the same […]
DG: No hidden agenda for local army
(CNS): Government has agreed to make amendments to the Defence Bill, which was before the Legislative Assembly for debate this week, but Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has insisted there is no hidden agenda or conspiracy surrounding the law written to support the newly created Cayman Islands Regiment. The local force was established, government has said, […]
UK has no hidden agenda re regiment, says governor
(CNS): Cayman’s new defence force is beginning a second round of recruitment for reservists, as the bill to formalise this local army is headed for the Legislative Assembly. But Governor Martyn Roper has again stated that Britain “has no economic, political, security or national interest in anything other than supporting Cayman and the region in […]
Defence Bill ready to go to the Legislative Assembly
(CNS): Government has gazetted the draft legislation to give legal standing to the creation of the Cayman Islands Regiment. The bill was gazetted this week, giving an opportunity for public comment before it goes to the Legislative Assembly at the next sitting, which is expected next month. The bill, which defines the local army as […]
