A brand new 21-member CARICOM Joint Process Power-Haiti (CJTF-H) aid group comprising members of Jamaica’s safety forces can be deployed to Haiti to help the Multinational Safety Help (MSS) Mission there, the Jamaica Defence Power (JDF) has introduced.
The group consists of 18 members of the JDF and three members of the Jamaica Constabulary Power. Their deployment marks the continuation of the work begun by the CJTF-H advance group, which was despatched to Haiti in September 2024.
Based on the JDF, the preliminary group—now returning house—accomplished its mission efficiently, enjoying a key function in serving to set up the MSS Headquarters and setting the groundwork for follow-on forces working in what the JDF referred to as “one of the unstable safety environments within the area.”
All through the deployment, the Jamaican contingent took on each strategic and operational roles, supporting the MSS mandate. The JDF famous that one of many group’s main contributions was “the supply of important intelligence and operational planning help to the MSS Headquarters,” which helped form mission technique and allowed for coordinated safety operations throughout Haiti.
As well as, the group offered safety on the Logistic Help Space, the primary hub the place MSS personnel are housed and the place crucial amenities are situated.
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Colonel Kevron Henry, who led the advance group, praised the Jamaican personnel for his or her bravery and dedication. “Our group carried out with professionalism, braveness, and unwavering self-discipline in one of the difficult working environments within the area,” Henry mentioned. “The menace stage in Haiti is excessive and fixed, however our personnel had been extremely motivated and undaunted. They contributed meaningfully to the event and execution of the MSS mission and represented Jamaica with distinction.”
“I can not stress how hostile the setting was,” he added. “The operational groups led by our Kenyan companions took heavy gunfire recurrently and required vital logistical help. The JDF contingent, he identified, was very important to this operate as we had been concerned within the coaching of different deployed personnel, and within the upkeep of Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), a crucial asset within the MSS’s operational capabilities.”
Henry additionally highlighted the function of a authorized officer inside the group, who was instrumental in shaping the mission’s authorized framework and making certain oversight and accountability for MSS personnel in Haiti.
The JDF emphasised that the rotation of personnel is a part of Jamaica’s long-term commitment to supporting the MSS mission and contributing to Haiti’s stability.
