Editor
Lt Col A V Carter, BSc

Assistant Editor
Major O O Khan, BSc MSc MMAS
Major N E McGowan

Production Committee
Major E F Dixon, BSc
Corporal Brown, M

Marketing Committee
Captain D A Davis
Second Lieutenant R O Warren

Business Manager
Major D P Lewis, BA (Hons)

Photography
Captain E H Hanson
Sergeant Scharschmidt, C

Secretary
Captain M E Williams

Unit Representatives
1JR – Lieutenant R O Blackwood
2JR – Lieutenant R A DaCosta
JDF AW – Lieutenant C J Reid
JDF CG – Lieutenant (jg) M W Powell
1 Engr Regt (JDF) – Lieutenant T A Spence
3JR (NR) – Staff Sergeant G A Flake

Civilian Ref – Miss V Greenwood

Publisher
The Jamaica Defence Force
Up Park Camp
Kingston 5, Jamaica, W.I.

Cover Design
Ian Grant

Layout/Design
Artistic Solutions Ltd.
25 Dominica Drive, The Towers
9th Floor, Kingston 5, Jamaica, W.I.

Colour Separations/Prepress
ServiceMax Ltd.
71 Montgomery Avenue
Kingston 10, Jamaica, W.I.

Printers
MAPCO Business Printers
71 Montgomery Avenue
Kingston 10, Jamaica, W.I.

The views expressed in the ALERT do not necessarily reflect those held by the Minister of Defence, The Defence Board, The Ministry of National Security and Justice of the Chief of Staff, Jamaica Defence Force.

The Editor gratefully acknowledges the assistance given by the Gleaner Co. and the National Library of Jamaica, in particular for giving permission to reproduce photographs and other material.

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