Captain Antonette Wemyss-Gorman cuts cake with members of the Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI) as they celebrated her appointment as Captain (Naval) of the Jamaica Defence Force at a reception at the Jamaica Pegasus on June 14. Captain Wemyss-Gorman is a member of the WLI. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

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June 17, 2018

Photo: Celebrating our captain

Captain Antonette Wemyss-Gorman cuts cake with members of the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) as they celebrated her appointment as Captain (Naval) of the Jamaica Defence Force at a reception at the Jamaica Pegasus on June 14. Captain Wemyss-Gorman is a member of the WLI. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

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