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Major Antony B Anderson
Acting Commanding Officer JDF Air Wing

maj_anderson.jpg (24143 bytes)Major Antony Anderson is the Acting Commanding Officer of the Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing (JDF AW). Major Anderson enlisted in the JDF in 1984 after graduating from the College of Arts Science and Technology (renamed University of Technology), in Kingston, Jamaica.

During his military service, Major Anderson held appointments of Infantry Platoon Commander, Regimental Signals Officer,
Officer in Charge of a Vehicle Light Aid Detachment and Second in Command of the JDF Workshop.

He has also held the positions of Maintenance Officer of the JDF AW and Officer Commanding JDF Supply Depot. Other appointments held include Force Conservation Officer and Senior Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Officer. He has also taught on the Caribbean Junior Command and Staff Course for three serials.

Major Anderson is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the Royal Military College of Science (Cranfield University Campus), both in the United Kingdom, Canadian Forces Staff School, Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College and the United States Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

He holds a bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Aerial Vehicle Systems) and a Masters Degree in Defence Administration. His interests and hobbies are Scuba Diving, martial Arts, Acupuncture and Shooting.

Major Anderson is divorced and has one child, Katherine Natasha.

 

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