But can the Minister provide specifics on the BDF's planned involvement in a security support mission to Haiti?
That is, will our soldiers be heading to Haiti? Or will they be coming home?
On April 2nd 31 BDF soldiers, and 20 Coast Guardsmen, were deployed to Jamaica for a four week multinational force training in preparation for a mission to Haiti. Well, the four weeks are almost finished, and there's still no definitive answer on Haiti. For now, they will be coming on, and the rest? Well, that's up to Cabinet too!:
Florencio Marin, Minister of National Defense
"Well they will be returning home. Remember, it is just a training. They are returning home This is being done for every major deployment as something as this. The soldiers, the military always prepares ahead of time to be able to be as ready as they can for the mission know with that being said the final decision for the troops to be deployed rests with cabinet."
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