Society of Psychology Front-line Workers Donation
BDF Media Release| 28 October 2020
Photography and Story credit: CSgt Stoute H and AB Bryan T
Headquarters Barbados Defence Force (HQ BDF) expresses its sincere appreciation to the President and members of the (BSP) for their donation of mental health care packages to the medical frontline workers of the BDF, at Officers’ Mess St Ann’s Fort the Garrison.
President of the Barbados Society of Psychology, Ms Noemi White, stated that the society thought it fitting that during this month which is recognized as Mental Health Month, to show appreciation to the medical frontline workers of the BDF.
Ms White added that they wanted to give back by saying “thank you for keeping us safe, and to remember, self-care is not selfishness but important”. Ms White indicated that the idea for the mental-care packages came about due to the COVID 19 pandemic and the society recognizing that our frontline workers needed to take care of themselves before they could take care of the general public.
Ms White along with student members Ms Sonia.C. Cadogan and Mrs Jo-ann Phosper-Chase presented the packages to the two youngest members of staff with the Florence Gittens Medical Facility (FGMF), Private Justin Harding and Private Shadika Phillps.
Principal Staff Officer (PSO) BDF Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Carlos Lovell, on behalf of the Chief of Staff Colonel Glyne Grannum and members of the BDF expressed his sincere gratitude to the president and her team for this timely donation. He further stated that the BDF was very appreciative for the recognition of its efforts on the frontline during this pandemic.
Lt Col Lovell reaffirmed the BDFs commitment to safe guarding the people of Barbados through dedication, loyalty and commitment to duty.
Commodore (Cdre) Errington Ricardo Shurland was appointed Chief of Staff of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) on 1 September 2021. He enlisted in the BDF in February 1984 and in a military career spanning over 34 years, has served in various operational and administrative appointments.
Colonel Glyne Grannum joined the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) on 18 October 1985 and underwent career development training at the Canadian Forces Officer Candidate School, Chilliwack and the Combat Training Centre, Gagetown New Brunswick, Canada. He subsequently attended the Infantry Training Centre and the Signal Wing in Warminster, UK (PCBC and RSO Courses respectively), the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in San Remo, Italy; the Lester Pearson Canadian Peacekeeping Centre, the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, Kingston, the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College, Toronto, the National Defence University of the People’s Liberation Army People’s Republic of China and the Centre for Hemispheric Defence Studies, National Defence University, Washington. He also attended a Defence Resources Management programme at National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada. In addition to being a qualified infantry officer, Col Grannum is a qualified Regimental Signals Officer and a former Operations Officer and Finance Officer of the BDF.
Colonel Banfield joined the Barbados Battalion of the South Caribbean Force in 1941 having just left the Cadet Corps at Combermere School, and was granted a commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1942. He was a Platoon Commander and a Company Commander during the war and served in Barbados, Dominica (as part of the Gale Force), St Lucia and St Vincent.
Warrant Officer Class 1 Colin Marshall is a graduate of the St Michael, and was born on the 5 November 1969 and enlisted in the Barbados Defence Force on 16 August 1994. He was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal in August 1997, Corporal in 1999, Sergeant in 2007, Color Sergeant in 2014, Warrant Officer Class Two in 2017 and Warrant Officer Class One in 2020. He was Most Outstanding Student on Junior Leadership Course in 1998, the Most Outstanding Student on Junior Non Commissioned Officer Cadre in Jamaica in 2000, best at Leadership on the Search Adviser Course in Jamaica in 2007 and the Most Outstanding Student on the Warrant Officer Course in Jamaica in 2015.
