At the 150th an­niver­sary event re­cep­tion, held in ho­n­our of the UK cadet force, on June 2, Cap­tain Dr Wal­lace W Williams, In­ter­na­tion­al Li­ai­son Of­fi­cer of the Trinidad & To­ba­go Cadet Force (TTCF) met with Prince Philip, Duke of Ed­in­burgh –sig­nif­i­cant­ly both wore the Roy­al Green Jack­ets tie on the day.

Williams was se­lect­ed by the Min­istry of De­fence Pub­lic­i­ty team to be one of the Cadet of­fi­cers to meet with the Duke to high­light his for­mer ex­pe­ri­ence as an adult of­fi­cer in the UK and his now dual role with the cadets in T&T and with the Cadet Vo­ca­tion­al Qual­i­fi­ca­tions for cadets in the Caribbean.

He is al­so the in­ter­na­tion­al li­ai­son of­fi­cer and Caribbean pro­gramme man­ag­er for the cadet vo­ca­tion­al qual­i­fi­ca­tion UK. The CVQO qual­i­fi­ca­tion, in con­junc­tion with British Tech­ni­cal Ed­u­ca­tion Coun­cil (BTEC) leads to diplo­mas for cadets in pub­lic ser­vice, mu­sic and en­gi­neer­ing based on the cadet syl­labus. These Diplo­mas are ac­cred­it­ed by Edx­cel, the UK qual­i­fy­ing body for GCSE's, and are recog­nised for en­try in­to uni­ver­si­ties in the UK, US and now UWI, T&T.

CVQO is pi­o­neer­ing with Williams the need for "Open Units" in the Caribbean for youths at risk. This is based on Williams' ear­li­er re­search on the need for Open Units in T&T for youths at risk and his soon to be pub­lished book by CVQO–CVQO: Ed­u­ca­tion for Caribbean Youths at Risk. The lunch re­cep­tion for in­vi­tees on­ly was held at the pres­ti­gious Guild­hall in Lon­don.