And the defence budget will have to keep increasing because the General says the number of soldiers must increase. He says it is most necessary:
Brigadier General Anthony Velasquez, Commander, BDF
"We have done an assessment, a capabilities assessment, and determined that we need to increase the size of the force because of the tasking that we have countrywide. That's why the plan, the government, I believe, has agreed to our plan to increase the size of the force over the next three years."
"That's why you're seeing constant recruiting. Like I mentioned before, we had one last year. We have one this just passed out. And October will start a new intake. And then the following year, we'll do two more intakes as well."
"So that will increase the size of the force."
