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The General Officer Commanding (GOC) Southern Command, Brig Gen Isaac Nicholas Paintsil, has paid his maiden visit to 5 Infantry Battalion (5BN) on Tuesday, 03 June 2025 after taking over on 8 May, 2025.

The visit aimed to provide Brig Gen Paintsil with the opportunity to familiarise himself with 5BN, meet and interact with troops, and gain first-hand information on the various tasks and activities undertaken by the Unit to help achieve it’s mandate.It was also for the GOC to ascertain the various gains and challenges of the ‘Pink 5’ fraternity, identify operational, administrative and logistical shortfalls of the Unit and find ways to mitigate them at the Command level, to ensure success for the Army.Brig Gen IN Paintsil was received at the Arakan Barracks by the Commanding Officer, Lt Col Prosper Adablah, where he inspected a colourful guard of honour, after which he was given a thorough brief on the operational, logistics and administrative state of the battalion. He was also conducted around some key infrastructure and self-help development projects in the Unit.At a durbar with all ranks in the Unit, Brig Gen IN Paintsil, described 5BN as the most important Unit in the Army, due to its crucial role as the Unit that oversees the security of the Presidency, the Capital City and other vital national assets and installations, hence the need to ensure efficiency of the personnel at all times.He indicated that the Military High Command was working tirelessly to retool and equip all units in the Ghana Armed Forces, to resolve the operational, administrative and logistical shortfalls that plague the force.The GOC entreated Officers, Soldiers and Defence Civilian Staff  to desist from acts such as illegal one-man- operations and recruitment fraud, that seek to tarnish the hard-earned reputation of the GAF. He urged all to remain disciplined and work diligently wherever they may be deployed.  The GOC was accompanied by the Command Logistics Officer (CLO), Col Franklin Gyamerah-Amoako, the Command Operations Officer (COO), Col Lawrence Agbedoawu, the Command Chaplain, Lt Col Francis Lokko, the Command Legal Officer, Madam Charlotte Owusu, the Command CAPO, Miss Catherine Appiah and the Acting Command Sergeant Major, SWOII Yussif Naado Nuhu.