As stipulated by Article 212 (1) of the 1992 Constitution, the President, JEA Mills in consultation with the Council of State has made five new appointments to the military high command on Tuesday March 31, 2009.
They are Major General P.A. Blay as the new Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS pictured), Major General J.N. Adinkrah, Chief of the Army Staff, Rear Admiral M. Quarshie, Chief of Naval Staff, Air Vice Marshal M. Samson-Oje, Chief of Air Staff and Commodore G.M. Biekro, Chief of Staff, General Headquarters.
The new CDS is a simple man from south-western Ghana, Nzema. Prior to his appointment, he was on ECOWAS assignment to Abuja, Nigeria for the last couple of years.
He is married to Mrs. Edna Blay and has two children, Raymond and Doreen.
I know this man and his family personally as a family friend over a number of years and he is a man of God. I hope that he lives up to expectation especially now that morale in the Ghana Armed Forces has sunk so low following omissions and commissions of NDC elements within and without the forces. I pray that he tackles the issue of tribalism in particular to save this country from another useless Biafra war on the west coast.
By the way, do you know that the name Blay has another significant military history? The Big Red One crosses road N13From 7 June, 1944, whereas the allied bridgehead is still fragile, the Americans are building the first emergency 
airfields, the first oil refuelling port and the artificial harbour Mulberry A in front of Vierville-sur-Mer. The Americans move inland; the Vth Corps prepares an offensive for 9 June. The 1st Infantry division, commanded by general Huebner, attacks in order to prepare the departure base. Tour-en-Bessin and Etreham are taken, the Germans retreat through a corridor west of Bayeux, road N13 is crossed. On June 9, the 2nd Infantry division comes to occupy the right wing of the Big Red One. The offensive begins again and Blay is liberated in the day of 9 June.
By the way, do you know that the name Blay has another significant military history? The Big Red One crosses road N13From 7 June, 1944, whereas the allied bridgehead is still fragile, the Americans are building the first emergency 
airfields, the first oil refuelling port and the artificial harbour Mulberry A in front of Vierville-sur-Mer. The Americans move inland; the Vth Corps prepares an offensive for 9 June. The 1st Infantry division, commanded by general Huebner, attacks in order to prepare the departure base. Tour-en-Bessin and Etreham are taken, the Germans retreat through a corridor west of Bayeux, road N13 is crossed. On June 9, the 2nd Infantry division comes to occupy the right wing of the Big Red One. The offensive begins again and Blay is liberated in the day of 9 June.
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