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T&T soldiers deployed for CHOGM security

03 November 2026
This content originally appeared on Trinidad Guardian.
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Per­son­nel of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Reg­i­ment (TTR) have been de­ployed to An­tigua and Bar­bu­da to sup­port se­cu­ri­ty op­er­a­tions for the Com­mon­wealth Heads of Gov­ern­ment Meet­ing (CHOGM) 2026.

The sol­diers are as­sist­ing the An­tigua and Bar­bu­da De­fence Force with se­cu­ri­ty arrange­ments for the meet­ing.

The de­tach­ment is led by Lt (N) B Khan, with Capt J Ho­sein serv­ing as sec­ond-in-com­mand. Oth­er of­fi­cers in­clude Lt J Ma­son, who is in charge of in­fantry, Sub Lt (N) P Di­az, who is re­spon­si­ble for ex­plo­sive ord­nance dis­pos­al, and Sgt See­bal­lack, who is the de­tach­ment sergeant ma­jor.

The de­ploy­ment forms part of re­gion­al mil­i­tary co­op­er­a­tion be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go and An­tigua and Bar­bu­da.