8 Operatives have been adorned Special Forces badges and graduated into Ghana Navy’s Special Boat Squadron (SBS), after successfully completing training at the Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC). This was the maiden 6-months Boat Squadron Basic Operative Capability Course 1/22, at the Command.
The rigorous 6 months training regime produced 8 out of 25, to be the first batch of operatives to be trained on Ghanaian soil, who demonstrated a few drills at their graduation ceremony held on Thursday, 15 September 2022, at NAVTRAC, Nutekpor, in the Volta Region of Ghana, with the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Maj GenThomas Oppong-Peprah as the Guest-of-Honour.
The COAS, who represented the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) – Vice Admiral Seth Amoama, emphasized the utmost need of the SBS that; in modern military setups, the establishment of Special Operations Forces has become a priority, as SFs remain one of the most flexible and useful instruments in a country’s national security toolbox, that can be used to protect vital national interests.