Coast Guard Training Trainers to Use Drones

Bennett shared that the Coast Guard Service is dedicating significant time to training its personnel on the proper use of their newly acquired drones. These government-provided devices are proving invaluable, allowing access to previously hard-to-reach areas. Alongside the new drones, Bennett mentioned that the Coast Guard has also upgraded its camera surveillance system, enhancing their overall operational capabilities.

 

Rear Admiral Elton Bennett, Commandant, Belize Coast Guard

“ We’re emphasizing a lot on training. We’ve had a team go up to Mexico City where they continue their training in an effort to build a doctrine for drone operations. And we also had a team that came down from the United States to train our operators as trainers. So we are not able to qualify members of our Belizean team in drone operations. So we’ve been emphasizing a lot on training over the past. I think we, we will launch more operations in a new year starting January. But what we have been doing is to focus more on capacity building.”

 

Reporter

“Are you blown away by what your drones are able to do?”

 

Rear Admiral Elton Bennett

“No, we studied those equipment well before we made a decision that this is the one that is most suitable for us. So we’re very happy with what we can do using those drones. And I think the other two drones are expected sometime in January and we’ve already upgrading our camera system.”