Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo has once again called out mem­bers of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Vol­un­teer De­fence Force for ac­tive du­ty. 

This year 120 re­serves have been called out, up from 100 last year. 

This ac­tion is au­tho­rised un­der Sec­tion 238(1) of the De­fence Act, Chap. 14:01, which al­lows the Pres­i­dent to mo­bi­lize the Vol­un­teer De­fence Force or any por­tion of it for mil­i­tary ser­vice when a dis­tur­bance or emer­gency oc­curs, or is an­tic­i­pat­ed, and ex­ceeds the civ­il au­thor­i­ties' ca­pac­i­ty to han­dle it.

The call-out will be in ef­fect for 99 days from 22nd De­cem­ber 2024 to 31st March 2025. 

The pur­pose is to sup­port the Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force in as­sist­ing the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice to pro­vide a safe and se­cure en­vi­ron­ment dur­ing the Christ­mas sea­son and lead­ing up to the 2025 Car­ni­val pe­ri­od.