The Belize Defense Force Celebrates 47 Years of Service  

Today, the Belize Defense Force celebrated an impressive forty-seven years of service. For nearly five decades, they’ve been dedicated to protecting Belize’s borders and assisting with natural disaster relief. To mark this significant milestone, the force held an Honor Guard Parade at Price Barracks in Ladyville. B.D.F Commandant, Brigadier General Azariel Loria, shared his thoughts on this remarkable achievement with us.

 

Brigadier General Azariel Loria, Commandant, B.D.F

“ What we have just witnessed today is the  anniversary of the Belize Defence Force. Every year, we celebrate the anniversary of the Belize Defence Force. The police defense force was formed in on the 1st of January of 1978. However, we do not celebrate it on the first because everybody all over the world will be celebrating along with us. We just decided to push it back to the end of the month, which is around the third, the thirtieth, thirty-first or even the first of February sometimes. Where we can dedicate it specifically and exclusively to the police defense force and to those that that follow us, to our veterans that have retired and all our partners or allies that have, and even the government organizations and NGOs that deal with us.”

 

Reporter

“So how  many members do you guys currently have in the force?”

 

Brigadier General Azariel Loria

“How many members we have in the regular force, we have about, lt’s call it about two thousand to include the volunteers or a bit more.”