On Wednesday a solemn repatriation ceremony was stored for the physique of Jamaica Defence Power (JDF) soldier Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Diana Drummond-Thomas, who reportedly collapsed and died whereas on particular coaching in the US.
Buddies, household and mourners gathered to honour the life and repair of the 37 12 months outdated at a twofold ceremonial continuing, the JDF experiences.
Delta Airways supplied an honour guard in the course of the dignified switch of the fallen soldier’s stays with escort supplied by US Military Main George Chacon, Lieutenant Commander Miguel Ferguson and Chief Petty Officer Stacy-Ann Lewis-Walters of the JDF.
The JDF says, the Jamaican leg of the repatriation was marked by deep reverence.
“A bearer celebration retrieved her stays from the plane, adopted by a solemn salute from the firing celebration,” the JDF stated on social media.
Chief of Defence Employees, Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman and different senior officers of the JDF stood in respect, paying tribute to her sacrifice and repair.
Drummond-Thomas served in varied appointments on the JDF Coast Guard and different items together with, Class 1 Coxswain, Naval Police on the Port Royal base, Teacher on Recruit Intakes on the Army Coaching Wing and an teacher on the then Caribbean Army Maritime Coaching Centre (CMMTC), Jamaica Defence Power Coast Guard (JDF CG) HMJS CAGWAY, Port Royal.
The Western Hemisphere Institute for Safety Cooperation (WHINSEC) stated, Drummond-Thomas, a overseas visitor teacher assigned to the WHINSEC from the JDF Coast Guard, handed away at St Francis Hospital in Columbus, Georgia, the place she was being handled following a medical emergency that happened on February 18, 2025.
-Andre Williams
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