The army said on Monday it has pledged to unleash a Quick Reaction Force to a United Nations mission in April next year.
According to the army, it came after series of engagements with relevant UN departments especially the Department of Peace Support Operations.
“GAF was advised thereof to plan and tailor its deployment pledge with the State of Unit Requirement (SUR) of the United Nations Multidimensional Stabilisation Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA),” the army said.
The army added: “Consequent on the above, the UNDPO will conduct a virtual Advance Advisory Visit (AAV) to ascertain if GAF has the capability and ability in terms of personnel, equipment and appropriate training to deploy a QRF to the aforementioned mission.
“The AAV will however be conducted through online due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions.
“Therefore, live feed will be otherwise utilised to transmit on real time basis which will involve the use amongst other gadgets, a drone of Mavic 2 pro type, used purposely for capturing images.
“Furthermore, GAF have procured soft skin vehicles to this effect and that saw a convoy of vehicles with white paint tagged with UN on them headed to the Yundum Barracks on Wednesday 25 November 2020. The said vehicles will also be on displayed for the AAV.
“Please note that the AAV will be conducted from 2-4 December 2020 at Fajara Barracks and the Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Yundum Barracks respectively. Thus the general public especially residents around Bakau, Yundum and the other satellite villages are urged to not panic and should go about their normal daily routine.”
