deji68:
Abio..in d bh videos the ragtag army are seen with ak 47 the only "sophisticated" weapons they hvae are the ones donated by the NA make we know talk about weapons here.....our men need bravery....may god protect our soldiers

darqly:


Is the COAS himself a wartime General? How many times has he been at the frontline in his career?
People join the army for a myriad of reasons but this is hardly the avenue for you to carry out your hate campaign. Allow us grieve here.

Collynzo9:
''Most pple want jobs,even if it means joining the Army when the reality of military service comes he drops his rifle & runs away"

Lt Gen KTJ Minimah
Chief of Army Staff

DRealGeesam:

Honestly.
This just unfair.
They are busy blaming usa for our poor armory. Times without number, nigerians have asked, "cant we buy from other countries that dont give a damn about usa?"
We are at war and men are dying everyday for goodness sake!

texazzpete:


That quote was referring to some conscript that joined the rank and file.
The deceased is an NDA graduate, part of the officer corps, a career military man and a leader of men by training.

Your rants only portray you as someone who is poorly educated. Retreat is never strictly cowardice, and sometimes a strategic retreat is the best act of generalship an officer can muster, especially when the odds are overwhelmingly against you.

Hitler lost 300000 men, the cream of the german army because he refused to strategically retreat from Stalingrad when his Generals desperately tried to show him the pincer trap Stalin was cooking up for him around Stalingrad.

Blaming it on the fact that most people, who joined the military in recent times, do so out of the need for employment and not passion for military service, Minimah said, “Desertion is part of warfare.
We must accept that since the era of the Cartagena wars, soldiers had deserted from battle field. In our own case, we are doing recruitment now and we are also receiving presentations from across the country, from people who want their wards to be enlisted in the army”.

“But we need to have a thorough recruitment because mind you, there is high level of unemployment on ground; most people want jobs and if that job means joining the army fine. It is a source of employment.

DRealGeesam:

Honestly.
This just unfair.
They are busy blaming usa for our poor armory. Times without number, nigerians have asked, "cant we buy from other countries that dont give a damn about usa?"
We are at war and men are dying everyday for goodness sake!

Collynzo9:

Talking about being poorly educated, do you know the meaning of ''conscripts''? When last did the Nigerian Army conscript anyone? Not since the civil war. What has your NDA crap got to do with the issue at hand? Below are more quotes from the Chief of Army staff, it contains views I have long held and can attest to.
Can you point out where he was referring to ''conscripts''? That is if your so called sound education taught you the meaning of that word.

Are your NDA graduates somehow exempted from those who joined the military for the sole reason of making money?

www.nigerianeye.com/2014/07/some-soldiers-chicken-out-of-battle.html?m=1

texazzpete:


[s]So bottom line is that you claim that pulling back or retreating is a sign of cowardice.

I'm going through your post history, strangely haven't seen you accuse the Biafran Army of cowardice after losing ground to the Nigerian Army incursions. Also haven't seen you accuse the late Ojukwu of cowardice when he escaped the theater of war.

Why the inconsistency?[/s]

Collynzo9:

Trash!
He signed up for his monthly pay cheque amd nothing else. That is why his type are always running away from battle handing over weapons to boko haram

Collynzo9:

Trash!
He signed up for his monthly pay cheque amd nothing else. That is why his type are always running away from battle handing over weapons to boko haram

Collynzo9:

Trash!
He signed up for his monthly pay cheque amd nothing else. That is why his type are always running away from battle handing over weapons to boko haram

omenka:
Just look at the guns these guys are given to go face an enemy that packs all manner of sophisticated armour pearcing guns!!

High time we pushed those pot bellied men in Ship House in Abuja to the frontline!

May his soul find rest, amen.

texazzpete:


So bottom line is that you claim that pulling back or retreating is a sign of cowardice.

I'm going through your post history, strangely haven't seen you accuse the Biafran Army of cowardice after losing ground to the Nigerian Army incursions. Also haven't seen you accuse the late Ojukwu of cowardice when he escaped the theater of war.

Why the inconsistency?

PapiWata:
An AK47 is a rugged, reliable, easy to clean, and devastatingly effective close-quarters assault rifle that is IDEALLY suited for the alternately sandy and muddy conditions in the part of the country where Nigeria's war on terror is being waged, so, all the armchair quarter-masters should go back to the comfort of their living room couches to resume their Playstation video adventures, so that the real logistics of battle can be left to the professionals trained and paid for that job.

When a war breaks out, fighters on both sides are certain to die in combat, and in freak battle-front accidents. Blaming the make and model of rifle issued to the Nigerian army every time a casualty of war is recorded makes about as much sense as blaming the invention of the motor car every time there is a road accident.

So, to the internet gun experts who want to see "sophisticated weapons" in the hands of foot soldiers, you will need to look towards the Middle East, where night vision gear, portable surveillance drones, robotic gun platforms and laser target-designators to guide missile strikes, are standard issue for ground forces in the Israeli military, for example.

Back in black Africa, however, the business of infantry combat on the ground is grimy, dusty, muddy, bloody, and utterly chaotic. It is for those precise conditions that the AK47 rifle was designed, which explains why that rifle remains far and away the most common sight on battlefields the world over, as it has for many decades since the original AK was invented by Mikhail Kalasnikov in 1947.

By all means, do voice your support for increased air strikes by federal jets, and for urgent Western military assistance to further the prosecution of Nigeria's war on terror, but do NOT disparage the always mighty AK47 rifle, for it has served on the WINNING side of many a skirmish.

Collynzo9:

Absolute trash!
Don't you want to talk about conscripts anymore?
Mr sound education.

ichidodo:
Mayowa shouldn't have died, what are they teaching them in that Academy? To retreat in the face of rag-tag urchins equipped with same weapons as the graduates??...[b]what happened to cover-fire,suppression fire,teamwork and coordination.Is everyone running into the army bereft of passion but the desire of financial largesse such that they cannot learn basics and tactics??..[/b]

chiefinalowo:


It is high time you left that dolt alone to wallow in his ignorance.
He does not worth your precious time, please.

PapiWata:
An AK47 is a rugged, reliable, easy to clean, and devastatingly effective close-quarters assault rifle that is IDEALLY suited for the alternately sandy and muddy conditions in the part of the country where Nigeria's war on terror is being waged, so, all the armchair quarter-masters should go back to the comfort of their living room couches to resume their Playstation video adventures, so that the real logistics of battle can be left to the professionals trained and paid for that job.

When a war breaks out, fighters on both sides are certain to die in combat, and in freak battle-front accidents. Blaming the make and model of rifle issued to the Nigerian army every time a casualty of war is recorded makes about as much sense as blaming the invention of the motor car every time there is a road accident.

So, to the internet gun experts who want to see "sophisticated weapons" in the hands of foot soldiers, you will need to look towards the Middle East, where night vision gear, portable surveillance drones, robotic gun platforms and laser target-designators to guide missile strikes, are standard issue for ground forces in the Israeli military, for example.

Back in black Africa, however, the business of infantry combat on the ground is grimy, dusty, muddy, bloody, and utterly chaotic. It is for those precise conditions that the AK47 rifle was designed, which explains why that rifle remains far and away the most common sight on battlefields the world over, as it has for many decades since the original AK was invented by Mikhail Kalasnikov in 1947.

By all means, do voice your support for increased air strikes by federal jets, and for urgent Western military assistance to further the prosecution of Nigeria's war on terror, but do NOT disparage the always mighty AK47 rifle, for it has served on the WINNING side of many a skirmish.

ichidodo:
Mayowa shouldn't have died, what are they teaching them in that Academy? To retreat in the face of rag-tag urchins equipped with same weapons as the graduates??...what happened to cover-fire,suppression fire,teamwork and coordination.Is everyone running into the army bereft of passion but the desire of financial largesse such that they cannot learn basics and tactics??..

texazzpete:


Nice words,the ones I highlighted in bold.

Another nice word is 'ambush'.

Please read about the battle of the Chongchon River where a Chinese force with drastically inferior equipment crushed the US Eight Army (filled with WW2 vets and heavily armed).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ch'ongch'on_River


How do you think MEND used to win so many engagements against the JTF during the Niger Delta insurrection? Element of surprise and ability to concentrate attacks at one point.

You could be in a convoy, barreling down the road, suddenly fighters take out the relatively thin-hulled APCs with RPGs. At the same time, machine gunners hiding in the bushes or up on the hills rake the convoy with heavy machine gun fire and grenades. You try to fight your way forward, but with the commander dead and lead vehicles ablaze, retreat can seem like the prudent option to prevent casualties going from 50 men to 500.

I'd lay the blame at the lack of coherent air support. Blame the FG for this...ever since the Niger Delta creek battles, we should have put a whole lot more effort in acquiring helicopter gunships for close support.

harde2lah:

Tell that to the biafran army and ojoiku.

ichidodo:
You don't want to eat what i'm cooking,bro.Believe that. Mayowa won't like it if i dance on his grave with elation at your tribal goading and request..

harde2lah:

Mayowa died for nothing...