Staff Sergeant Sanyang Yaya of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) recently returned home from a Drill and Duty course held at Drill and Duties Wing of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Nigeria. Staff Sanyang was the first GAF senior Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) to attend such training at the prestigious military training institution located in Jaji, Kaduna State. The month-long intensive course exposed participants to various aspects of Drill and Duty and other maneuvers that are performed by military personnel on a daily basis. They were taught on Foot Drill, Sword Drill, Cane Drill, Colour Drill, Pace sticking Drill, Rifle Drill, Regimentation and a host of others. It is gratifying to state that the senior NCO, who is an instructor at the GAF Training School excelled in all these subjects in addition to an exercise dubbed exercise “Sanyang” which was named after him. He graduated as a qualified Drill and Duty Instructor.
Drill and Duties is a key module in the military as it instills discipline, regimentation and psychologically develops a sense of teamwork and self-control in the soldier while enhancing performance under stressful conditions.
The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) Command felicitates Staff Sergeant Sanyang Yaya on this milestone achievement and heartily welcomes him home.
Kudus Staff Sergeant Sanyang Yaya!!!
