Minister of National Defence Receives Distinguished Service Medal from Louisiana National Guard
Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
On September 22, 2023, Hon. Florencio Marin, Jr., Minister of National Defence and Border Security, was awarded the Louisiana Distinguished Service Medal by Major General Keith Waddell, Adjutant General of the Louisiana National Guard.
The citation reads โ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ข.โ
The Belize/Louisiana State Partnership Program commenced some 26 years ago and continues to grow strength to strength. The program has assisted in fostering great professionalism for the Belize Defence Force and Belize Coast Guard through training and subject matter expertise exchanges.
Minister Marin expressed his gratitude for the honor bestowed on him and for the stellar friendship and camaraderie established with the Louisiana National Guard.
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