Biography

Brigadier Peter Joseph

In November 2003, Brigadier Peter Joseph became the first Director of the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago.

Born in December 1951, Brigadier Joseph joined the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (Regiment) on 1st July 1975. He completed his officer cadet training at Britain’s Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, where he won the Silver Stick as the Best Overseas Candidate.

Brigadier Joseph is also a graduate of the Infantry Officers Advanced Programme in Fort Benning, Georgia (1985), the Joint and Combined Command and Staff Course at the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, and the Defence Planning and Resource Management Course at the Centre for Hemispheric Studies, National Defence University Washington DC (2003).

Over the course of his military service, Brigadier Joseph held the appointments of platoon commander and company commander in the 1st Battalion, Trinidad and Tobago Regiment. He also served on the Battalion Staff as the Mechanical Transport Officer and Battalion Adjutant and was later appointed to the J3 (Operations Staff Officer) at Defence Force Headquarters.

In 1998, Brigadier Joseph was given command of the First Infantry Battalion and 2 years later assumed command of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment.

Brigadier Joseph has been awarded the Army’s General Service Medal, the Efficiency Decoration and the Efficiency Medal; he is also the holder of Executive Masters Degree in Business Administration. On 14th August 2006, Brigadier Peter Joseph was inducted into the National Defense University, Joint Forces Staff College Hall of Fame becoming the first member of the military in the Caribbean to have achieved this honour.

Brigadier Joseph and his wife Gail have five children.