" In the end, the incursion into Tivoli played out like a well written movie script. The army surgically wrestled the community from the grasp of the criminal elements that had imprisoned its residence and had the audacity to challenge the government and by extension, the law enforcement agencies of the state." That is an excerpt from a book written by a former JDF Officer, Major Stanley P. Ford ( Ret) entitled " Core Values : A Soldier's Story" . Interestingly, the Introduction is by Stewart Saunders Major General (Retired ) CD, JP, MSc, psc Chief of Defence Staff Jamaica Defence Force 21 January 2012 The view expressed by Ford must be given tremendous weight; and to some extent reflects the perspective of those in the officer corp of the JDF at the time. The then Chief of Staff would have sought the correction of any egregious error in any account of what was a catastrophic exercise. In fact Saunders reinforced the veracity of the account...