Visits

Brigadier General Henri Bentegeat, Commander of the French Armed Forces in the French West Indies, visited Up Park Camp on 11 August, 1998. On arrival at Cotton Tree Gate he received a salute from a quarter-guard mounted by soldiers of Support and Services Battalion, and on arrival at the JDF Headquarters he inspected a guard of honour mounted by members of the JDF Coast Guard. He was then introduced to the senior staff officers of the Headquarters after which he called on the Chief of Staff in his office. He then visited the Second Battalion The Jamaica Regiment where he received a briefing on the role and capability of the unit, and the JDF Coast Guard where he also received a briefing on the role and capability of that unit, and had lunch.

On 09 December, 1999, General Maurice Baril, Chief of Defence Staff, Canadian Forces, visited the Jamaica Defence Force. On arrival at Cotton Tree Gate he took a salute from a quarter-guard of soldiers of Support and Service Battalion. He then paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Staff in his office after which he attended the graduation ceremony of the students attending the Jamaica Junior Command Staff Course held at the Staff College at the JDF Training Depot where he delivered the main address. He then attended a post graduation reception held at the Serek Building after which he was taken on a tour of Port Royal. General Baril previously visited the JDF on 10 December, 1998.