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NATIONAL COLLEGE OF DEFENCE STUDIES HOLDS MAIDEN GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR NCDS COURSE I-2023

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The Ghana Armed Forces established the National College of Defence Studies (NCDS) in March 2023 to offer Strategic Courses for senior military officers of the rank of colonels or equivalent and relevant national agencies of the same status. This is based on the directive of the President of the Republic of Ghana, pursuant to section 29(1) of the Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2020 (Act 1023). Read more

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Maj Gen Irvine Nii-Ayitey Aryeetey

Major General Irvine Nii-Ayitey Aryeetey was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 16 August 1986, and posted to the 69 Airborne Force in Northern Ghana. He proceeded to the US Army Infantry School in Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1991, where he was trained and certified as a Jumpmaster/Pathfinder/Instructor. Maj Gen Irvine Aryeetey has completed all mandatory career courses including the Junior Command and Staff Course in Nigeria (1995), Infantry Officer’s Advance Course in Fort Benning, Georgia, USA (1997), Senior Command and Staff Course at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (1999) and the US Army War College in Pennsylvania, USA (2015). Maj Gen Aryeetey has served in various capacities in the Ghana Armed Forces. These include, Instructor at the Jungle Warfare School, Directing Staff at the Army Combat Training School, Commanding Officer of the 69 Airborne Force, Directing Staff at the Senior Division of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) and Di... Read more

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