In a statement from Government House, Mr Fergusson said: “I am delighted that Mike Foster-Brown will

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luxury river cruise In a statement from Government House, Mr Fergusson said: "I am delighted that Mike Foster-Brown will be succeeding Brian Gonsalves. He will be taking over a Regiment with high levels of training and commitment, as I saw at the impressive Recruits camp last week.
Lt Col Foster-Brown has excellent credentials to take over this role. He is currently serving in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. He has experience as Adjutant to a Territorial Battalion luxury river cruise of his own Regiment, The Rifles.
He has also served with distinction in Iraq, where he was mentioned in despatches for gallantry, and served earlier on, as did several members of the Bermuda Regiment, in Sierra Leone. I look forward to welcoming him here".
Lt Col Brian Gonsalves will complete his current tour of duty in May and it is expected that Lt Col Foster-Brown will take over command directly. Government House noted that the appointment has been made following consultation with the Promotions Board.
The Bermuda luxury river cruise Regiment was formed in 1965, and has had  fourteen Commanding Officers to date. Related Posts Regiment: Conscription Remains luxury river cruise In Effect Beating Of The Retreat Ceremony Tonight Final Days Of Regiment Exercise Soldiers Prepare For Hurricane Season Regiment Recruit Intake Decreased Regiment Prepares For "March Madness" Read More About: Military and Regiment Category : All , News Comments (58) Trackback URL | Comments RSS Feed Winnie Dread says: January 29, 2013 at 4:12 pm
Hmmmmmm ok then, are we going to see the end of the regiment as it operates today,I wonder. Fulltime career soldier taking over, can anyone say new direction? Reply Truth Be Told says: January 29, 2013 at 11:58 pm
TO: M.R. you sound like a damn racist! What the hell, you think only black soldiers in the Regiment, and only black people represent the PLP. Go sit in your Ivory Tower, and eat off your silver spoon! luxury river cruise Reply M.R. says: January luxury river cruise 29, 2013 at 6:10 pm
professionalism of Brian Gonsalves as Commanding Officer over these past four years anybody that knows the inner workings of the regiment knows this statament to be 100% false. The power went to his head and he acted in ways above his remit. It ll be a good day when gonsalves leaves the regiment. Those who know, know. Reply wtf says: January 29, 2013 at 5:19 pm
1) Bermuda Regiment has finally been brought to a state of modernization, with updated internal policies procedures reflecting best practices, some of which even exceed those that exist in some private sector companies. 2) Coastguard initiative is almost fully implemented this is something that has been talked about for over a decade; but under Gonsalves, it has become a reality. 3) Defense legislation has been modernized it was tabled in the House in November 2012 4) Bermuda Regiment s visibility in the community has been significantly enhanced under Gonsalves, there has been an increased frequency of corporate team building events held at Warwick Camp utilizing the unique expertise of Bermuda Regiment personnel (not overseas consultants) in this area. Schools regularly request the Regiment to provide similar activities. 5) Bermuda Cadets programme, now Bermuda Regiment luxury river cruise Junior Leaders, has been reinvigorated with over 40 young boys and girls enrolled. 6) Cost-effective sourcing of uniform and equipment has translated into significant savings to the taxpayer. Let s not forget either that Gonsalves has successfully led the Regiment through drastic budget cuts, the like of which the Regiment has never had to undergo luxury river cruise before. 7) Bermuda Regiment has successfully endured the constant legal challenges surrounding B.A.D. Gonsalves has borne the brunt of this with little to no support from the Government. Let s remember, Gonsalves is doing his job as mandated under the Defence Act. 8) Increased volunteerism (including women) 9) Information accessibility drastically improved with new website if you haven t been on the Regiment website, suggest you visit! 10) Improved active luxury river cruise participation with other services police, fire, prison, customs, marine ports, Immigration, Outward Bound, Red Cross, Mirrors, etc.
Under Gonsalves, ACCOUNTABILITY and OWNERSHIP of one s actions luxury river cruise and responsibilities has improved luxury river cruise 100% across the board, regardless of rank. This is something we as a country constantly say we want to see espoused by all those in positions of authority. luxury river cruise Power hasn t gone to Gonsalves head; he has simply done his job under the provisions of the Defence Act, Governor s Orders and the Bermuda Regiment Standing Orders. He has not acted above his remit; he has fulfilled his remit.
Gonsalves is one of the very few CO s who is a soldier s soldier. He leads by example. On overseas camps, he lives in the field alongside the soldiers; he does all the PFTs, APWTs, and CFTs and passes! He doesn t ask a soldier to do anything he wouldn t do himself.
whilst all of this is an impressive luxury river cruise list of accomplishments, lest we not forget luxury river cruise HOW one achieved this with cunningness, guile and last but not least borderline immoral tenacity that stunk of bias, self promotion, secretive personal wants for Brian s Army - like hs personal wants for an expensive new weapon system that isn t really needed.
contradictory statement but true(**) . this list is no doubt published by someone who is in the know, subservient to BG fr an overpaid job but ALSO bound by the defence act and is breaking a number of the standing orders by communicating with the public ..something the Marshall/Hardtman luxury river cruise duo were convicted luxury river cruise of under the defence act. all that to say this(**) .they use a penname to avoid administrative action being taken .imagine that! transparency ha! Reply Concerned says: January 30, 2013 at 12:47 pm
Why is it when one accomplishes something through honesty, hard work and so on people come up with descriptions as you have used: cunningness, guile, immoral, luxury river cruise bias,secrecy and so on . seems it takes one to know one. Let us be encouraging our men who are willing to do the Job as given to them, beyond and above. Wonder what you would have said if it would have been a man of color Reply WeAreChristianSoldiersLOL says: January 30, 2013 at 1:11 pm
Wonder what you would have said if it would have been a man of color Spoken like a true Bermudian soldier. Full of racist tendencies luxury river cruise and off-the-wall comments. The truth hurts. Brian was anything but honest in my personal dealings with him Reply C'mon says: January 29, 2013 at 4:32 pm
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How the f#k does this get into a story on the Regiment? And by the way our..banks ? That s not a sense of ownership shared by the majority of this population. Our banks found out that they didn t have clue about banking and that s why they re foreign owned now. You may have scared your government into temporary submission on consultants, but mark my words, luxury river cruise if they want to get anything done they ll soon figure out how. Ask Crock to tell you what he found in tourism that made him send a fast car for Corey Your our banks thinking goes perfectly with the arrogance luxury river cruise that suggests all the expertise we need is contained between St. David s and Dockyard. Reply mixitup says: January 29, 2013 at 7:04 pm
Its their paranoia .that s how As soon as the word foreigner/expat pops up, they go into defense mode for them. As soon as Bermudian pops up, they automatically go into bash mode (those luxury river cruise lazy, uneducated, PLPers) sad but true, but it does make you wonder the type that are out there. Reply Truth says: January 29, 2013 at 5:39 pm
THe PLP didn t sell the banks. The Board sold the Bank of Bermuda to HSBC. Senior Managment were well paid in the transaction. The Board of BNTB recapitalized the Bank when the former management lost 90% of the share value. Neither event had anything to do with the PLP. Truth. Reply street luxury river cruise wise says: January 29, 2013 at 7:33 pm
And thousands of ordinary people here lost all their money as a result of the gross mismanagement of the BNTB. And no one was held accountable for the stock crash. There seems to be NO ACCOUNTABILITY AT ALL IN BERMUDA! Reply Who wrote the report? says: January 29, 2013 at 7:59 pm
PLP invested Pension money into the bank, Citibank and I believe Canadian bank assisted BNTB and somewhere I read that Citi was taking luxury river cruise action against BNTB I stand to be corrected. Reply Vulpes says: January 29, 2013 at 4:34 pm
ServIng in Helmand province huh .are we expecting a Taliban insurgency soon? Don!t forget major wheddon was next in line for ext C.O. Until he killed in a car crash in UK last year Reply Hmmmmm says: January 29, 2013 at 5:01 pm
May Chris Wheddon rest in peace. The real issue is why the Regiment doesn t have the depth to produce a local colonel at this time. If Wheddon had lived but said he wasn t interested, this situation