Former Gambia Marine Unit – now Gambia Navy – Commander Mahmoud. B. Sarr was the officer chosen from the Gambia Armed Forces and sent to the USA in April 1994 to join the USS Lamour County battleship. He was to guide Captain Bookhart to navigate the jumbo vessel into Gambian[Read More…]
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The Gambia’s July 22nd 1994 Coup – Part Two
In my last paper I started by shedding light on my activities as a military staff officer at the time of the July 22nd military takeover. I briefly discussed my general duties in that office and the specific task during that period of coordinating the organised war games by the[Read More…]
The Gambia’s July 22nd 1994 Coup — Part One
The July 22, 1994 coup d’etat found me serving the Gambia National Army (GNA) as the military staff/liaison officer at the Gambia Ministry of Defence located at the State House in Banjul. The position was created to have a senior army officer representing the GNA at this key government department[Read More…]
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