DEATHMACHINE:
serious close shave , like someone said it shouldnt have been allowed to get that close . from my experience this kinda attacks takes place between 2 -5 am so its like the men there loosed their guard.
those bastards usually follow this up with swam attacks.

Hmmmmmm

A little sleep
a little slumber.....then u loosen ur guard......

National Defence College set to induct of military officers from Brazil, Turkey, Germany, India in Sept. The National Defence College (NDC) says it will, for the first time in its history, admit foreign participants from Brazil, Turkey, Germany and India, for the college’s next academic programme to be inaugurated on Sept. 15, 2016. The college secretary, Air Vice Marshal Uko Ebong disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while addressing a news conference on the forthcoming graduation of institution’s course 24 participants. According to AVM Ebong, admitting foreign participants from these countries would improve the institution’s strategic partnership with the armed forces countries around the world. He added that the interest shown in the college’s academic programme was a testimony to the excellence that the college had attained over the years. His words, ``The National Defence College provides the highest level of formal military education intended to inculcate a sense of advance military professionalism and involvement in the decision making process. “I am happy to state here that the next course of the NDC will be having participants from Turkey, Germany, India, Brazil and other allied African countries and it is expected to be inaugurated on Sept. 15, 2016. “It is my earnest desire to continue to promote the college as the centre of excellence for developing potential strategic leaders in Africa and globally’.’ Ebong noted that the college would in the nearest future open its doors to participants from the private sector as part of efforts to increase public awareness on the issue of national security. He said the college’s proposal to admit participants from the private sector was also borne out of the need to increase the understanding of civilians on defence and security issues. Ebong said the college had in the past years of its existence made deliberate efforts to improve on the content and quality of its programmes which had attracted interests within and outside Africa. He said alumni of the college had distinguished themselves in different positions of responsibility given them both at strategic and command levels. The secretary of the college said some aspects of the institution’s curriculum had been reviewed while infrastructure and other facilities at the college had been upgraded in line with its growing status. On the course 24 graduation, Ebong said 130 participants comprising officers from the Armed Forces, Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Department of State Service participated in the course. According to him, other participants of the course 24 include officers from the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Immigration Service, Ministry of Defence and allied countries of Ghana, Sierra-Leone, Benin and Zambia. Ebong said the overall performance of participants was adjudged above average while their general conduct was satisfactory. He said the highpoint of the graduation ceremony was the presentation of certificates to participants by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 5. Ebong added that the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido would deliver the graduation lecture on August 3 on the theme `Deregulation of the downstream oil sector and Nigeria’s economic development: an appraisal’. It will be recalled that the graduating NDC course 24 was inaugurated in September 2015.

TROOPS AMBUSH BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS OFF DAMBOA ROAD

In continuation of their clearance operations against the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in various nooks and crannies of the North East geo-political zone of the country, troops on Operation LAFIYA DOLE last night carried out a successful ambush against Boko Haram terrorists at a crossing point.

The ambush party decisively dealt with the terrorists riding on bicycles at a crossing point off Damboa-Kubwa road towards Multe village axis. The team killed 1 terrorist, while others escaped with gun shot wounds. The troops recovered 1 AK-47 rifle with registration number 565907530 and14 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition, a wooden Dane Gun shaped to the resemblance of an AK-47rifle, 1 fabricated double-barrelled pistol and 4 bicycles.

In a related development, earlier this morning, there was a report of a suspected bag containing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) near ECC premises, which is adjacent to the residence of a former governor of Borno State, Malla Kachalla, along Pompomari bye-pass in Maiduguri. The Nigeria Police Explosive Ordnance Device (EOD) team were immediately called while the military provided outer cordon as the team successfully and safely demobilized the IED bag.

Thank you for your kind and usual cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

TROOPS AMBUSH BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS IN PULKA

Troops on blocking position in Pulka yesterday Friday 29th July 2016, ambushed and killed 2 fleeing Boko Haram terrorists. It is equally believed one of the terrorists escaped with gun shot wounds.

The troops also recovered 1 AK-47 rifle with registration number S 77411, a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) with registration number FN 131908, one Motorcycle, 1 Bicycle and 5 Fabrique Nationale (FN) rifle magazines.

Other items recovered from the terrorists include 1 AK-47 rifle magazine loaded with 28 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition, 67 rounds of 7.62mm linked (NATO) ammunition and Tecno brand of mobile telephone handset with NEXTTEL SIM card, as well as sacks of foodstuffs.

The troops have continued their routine operations maintaining vigilance to prevent escaping Boko Haram terrorists out of Sambisa forest through that axis.

Thank you for your kind and usual cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public RelationsTROOPS AMBUSH BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS IN PULKA

Troops on blocking position in Pulka yesterday Friday 29th July 2016, ambushed and killed 2 fleeing Boko Haram terrorists. It is equally believed one of the terrorists escaped with gun shot wounds.

The troops also recovered 1 AK-47 rifle with registration number S 77411, a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) with registration number FN 131908, one Motorcycle, 1 Bicycle and 5 Fabrique Nationale (FN) rifle magazines.

Other items recovered from the terrorists include 1 AK-47 rifle magazine loaded with 28 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition, 67 rounds of 7.62mm linked (NATO) ammunition and Tecno brand of mobile telephone handset with NEXTTEL SIM card, as well as sacks of foodstuffs.

The troops have continued their routine operations maintaining vigilance to prevent escaping Boko Haram terrorists out of Sambisa forest through that axis.

Thank you for your kind and usual cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

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bidexiii:
An unsuccessful VBIED attack, bomb failed to detonate I guess

.....what was going on.

Adminisher:


Almost sure the guys were sleeping inside that MRAP after a hard day's patrol or battle....then rammmm!!!

nobody was sleeping
plz look at the picture more carefully
all the answers r there

it tells u what the 2 vehicles were trying to do moments before the VBIED impacted the MRAP.

^^
The troops engaged the suicide bomber who probably sneaked out on them in very close proximity to be so close to the MRAP.

The dead driver indicates that they engaged him at sight and probably killed in time before detonation. His momentum saw him crash with the vehicle but nothing happened thankfully.

jakeporeshenko:

Henry do you visit skyscrapercity ?

Yeah, i have been a regular there for quite a number of years.

my take

and the guys in the mrap were doing the best that could be done under the circumstances
and as they say FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE.

i gave a possible explanation of what happened in the last 60 seconds or so before the impact

kudos to the boys in that mrap.

as shown in the picture below

1.vbied pursues mrap up-close (dont know how the vbied meet up with mrap in the first place)
2.mrap does a hard left maneuver
3.vbied driver fails to anticipate the mrap flanking move and overshoots the mrap.
4.very quickly the vbied driver does a CRAZY u-turn ( see the attached picture ),skidding on all the four wheels to hit the mrap

mrap last maneuver saves it , because the vbied driver gets kind of surprised by it and does a hasty uncontrolled U turn in his attempt to hit the mrap which he does but not with enough force.

the soldiers must have got down from the mrap and shot the stunned driver at point blank range on the head

if the guys were sleeping , why did the vbied do a crazy u turn in order to hit it. it could have hit the stationary mrap straight head on.

this is my theory only , believe it at ur peril

nemesis2u:
my take

and the guys in the mrap were doing the best that could be done under the circumstances
and as they say FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE.

i gave a possible explanation of what happened in the last 60 seconds or so before the impact

kudos to the boys in that mrap.

The men in that MRAP were caught napping. Plain and simple. They were lucky.

Katyusha:
The men in that MRAP were caught napping. Plain and simple. They were lucky.

the mrap was caught unaware initially no doubt about that the vbied must have sneaked up from the bushes etc, but they recovered fast enough to maneuver to try to keep out of reach of the vbied and also to try to get it within the firing angle of the mounted guns .

if the mrap had not done the last few seconds maneuvering , the vbied would not have gotten in uncontrolled skidding and would have slammed head on with full force thus triggering the ied.

this is what happened

1.vbied persues mrap up-close (dont know how the vbied meet up with mrap in the first place)
2.mrap does a hard left maneuver
3.vbied driver fails to anticipate the move and overshoots the mrap.
4.very quickly the vbied driver does a CRAZY u-turn ,skidding on all the four wheels to hit the mrap

mrap last maneuver saves it , because the vbied driver gets kind of surprised by it and does a hasty uncontrolled U turn in his attempt to hit the mrap which he does but not with enough force.

the soldiers must have got down from the mrap and shot the stunned driver at point blank range on the head grin

see the picture attached above if u have doubts

therefor the few seconds of the end response from the mrap saved it , it is not a easy task to maneuver a high rise mrap .
the driver did a good job in the end.

none of us here will be able to emulate what the driver of the mrap probably did

Katyusha:
The men in that MRAP were caught napping. Plain and simple. They were lucky.

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#Random pictures

Nigerian Army on Boko Haram 0 , News Security July 31, 2016 A+ A- EMAIL PRINT In order to keep the public informed of the activities of the military geared towards defeating completely the menace of Boko Haram insurgency, the Nigerian Army has produced six parts documentary of thirty minutes each which is scheduled to be broadcasted on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) as follows: 1. Monday 1st August 2016 from 2230-2300hrs (10.30-11.00pm) – Episode I- The Accomplishment of a Presidential Mandate (Restoration of Normalcy). 2. Thursday 4th August from 1830-1900hrs (6.30-7.00pm) – Episode II-Rising To The Challenges of a Presidential Mandate (Turning The Tide Against Boko Haram Terrorists) Part I. 3. Saturday 6th August 1430-1500hrs (2.30-3.00pm) – Episode III which is Part 2 of Episode II. Nigerian Army is making the nation proud and will not stop until the complete defeat of all remnants of Boko Haram terrorists and preservation of our territorial integrity.

The MRAP and its crew may have been caught unawares initially. but their sharp and professional reaction saved the day. If we are honest no body can maintain 100% alertness, 100% of the time. Dont forget even in a war zone, an event like this is still a relatively uncommon occurrence especially now that BH has been significantly degraded.

A professional is not one who does not make mistakes, but one who is skilled and focused enough to catch and remedy his mistakes before they result in extensive loss or damage.

All in all these guys did well, and you can be sure they will be even more alert when they go on patrol tomorrow.

nemesis2u:


the mrap was caught unaware initially no doubt about that the vbied must have sneaked up from the bushes etc, but they recovered fast enough to maneuver to try to keep out of reach of the vbied and also to try to get it within the firing angle of the mounted guns .

if the mrap had not done the last few seconds maneuvering , the vbied would not have gotten in uncontrolled skidding and would have slammed head on with full force thus triggering the ied.

this is what happened

1.vbied persues mrap up-close (dont know how the vbied meet up with mrap in the first place)
2.mrap does a hard left maneuver
3.vbied driver fails to anticipate the move and overshoots the mrap.
4.very quickly the vbied driver does a CRAZY u-turn ,skidding on all the four wheels to hit the mrap

mrap last maneuver saves it , because the vbied driver gets kind of surprised by it and does a hasty uncontrolled U turn in his attempt to hit the mrap which he does but not with enough force.

the soldiers must have got down from the mrap and shot the stunned driver at point blank range on the head grin

see the picture attached above if u have doubts

therefor the few seconds of the end response from the mrap saved it , it is not a easy task to maneuver a high rise mrap .
the driver did a good job in the end.

none of us here will be able to emulate what the driver of the mrap probably did

SergeAlain:
The MRAP and its crew may have been caught unawares initially. but their sharp and professional reaction saved the day. If we are honest no body can maintain 100% alertness, 100% of the time. Dont forget even in a war zone, an event like this is still a relatively uncommon occurrence especially now that BH has been significantly degraded.

A professional is not one who does not make mistakes, but one who is skilled and focused enough to catch and remedy his mistakes before they result in extensive loss or damage.

All in all these guys did well, and you can be sure they will be even more alert when they go on patrol tomorrow.

sure , i said the same , u explained it more beautifully

"A professional is not one who does not make mistakes, but one who is skilled and focused enough to catch and remedy his mistakes before they result in extensive loss or damage." this is SergeAlain quote

very nicely put

sheyiofficial:
Nigerian Army on Boko
Haram
0 , News Security July 31, 2016
A+ A- EMAIL PRINT
In order to keep the public informed of the
activities of the military geared towards
defeating completely the menace of Boko
Haram insurgency, the Nigerian Army has
produced six parts documentary of thirty
minutes each which is scheduled to be
broadcasted on Nigerian Television Authority
(NTA) as follows:
1. Monday 1st August 2016 from
2230-2300hrs (10.30-11.00pm) – Episode I-
The Accomplishment of a Presidential
Mandate (Restoration of Normalcy).
2. Thursday 4th August from 1830-1900hrs
(6.30-7.00pm) – Episode II-Rising To The
Challenges of a Presidential Mandate (Turning
The Tide Against Boko Haram Terrorists) Part
I.
3. Saturday 6th August 1430-1500hrs
(2.30-3.00pm) – Episode III which is Part 2
of Episode II.
Nigerian Army is making the nation proud and
will not stop until the complete defeat of all
remnants of Boko Haram terrorists and
preservation of our territorial integrity.

ANTICIPATING!

TROOPS RECOVER CACHE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITIONS IN GAMBORU

Troops conducted raids at Gamboru town early this morning following a tip off.

The troops recovered 3 AK-56 rifles and 2 AK-L rifles with registration numbers; AK-L-AGB 1172, AK-L PU2879, AK-56-2556688, AK-56-22622832 and AK-56-22622315, respectively.

They also recovered 235 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition and 7 AK-56 rifle magazines.

The Nigerian Army wishes to commend those good citizens that alerted the military for the timely and useful information that led to this recovery.

This is the type of cooperation and support we always require from citizens of this country to enable us clear the remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists.

We wish to reiterate the need for all to be more vigilant, security conscious and report any suspicious movements or persons to the nearest security agency.

Thank you for your kind and usual cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

Morocco Supports Nigeria Militarily to Fight against Boko Haram By Youssef Igrouane - August 1, 2016 , 2:31 pm Rabat – Morocco has decided to support Nigeria militarily in the fight against Boko Haram, a terrorist organization based in Nigeria, Cameron and Chad, according to French news website Le Monde. According to a Moroccan government official quoted by Le Monde, King Mohammed VI has authorized the provision of military equipment and supplies- except for lethal munitions- to Nigeria, in hope that giving military assistance to Morocco’s traditional ally will help to fight the recurrent incursions by Boko Haram in Nigeria. “Discussions are still underway to decide the exact nature of the military equipment and terms and delivery’s procedures to the [Nigerian] authorities.” The government’s official was quoted by Le Monde as saying. The decision to support Nigeria came after King Mohammed VI formally requested to return to the African Union (AU) via a message to the AU summit in Rwanda two weeks ago. This decision is regarded as an unprecedented initiative from Morocco to supply the military apparatus to help sub-Saharan countries to combat terrorism. Last June, Boko Haram committed a bombing attack that killed at least 11 people in a mosque in Cameroon. In the same month, Medicins Sans Frontieres reported that almost 200 Nigerian refugees who escaped from Boko Haram have died from starvation and malnutrition in the Bama refugee camp, Nigeria. Boko Haram recently joined ISIS and now calls itself the “ISIS of West Africa” and claims that Western education is a sin.

OPERATION AWATSE: NIGERIAN AIR FORCE STRIKES CRIMINAL CAMPS AND HIDEOUTS AT AREPO AND ENVIRONS



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7KwenfkKw0

bidexiii:

OPERATION AWATSE: NIGERIAN AIR FORCE STRIKES CRIMINAL CAMPS AND HIDEOUTS AT AREPO AND ENVIRONS



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7KwenfkKw0

nice video

Hope no one missed the N.A documentary on NTA.
Was VERY nice. Combat clips, interviews and all..

Katyusha:
Hope no one missed the N.A documentary on NTA.
Was VERY nice. Combat clips, interviews and all..

I saw gatling gun post on the other thread, am missing it and it's painful.
Pls anyone with youtube links.

bidexiii:



I ur gatling gun post on the other thread, am missing it and it's painful.
Pls anyone with youtube links.

Damn! You really MISSED! Even clips from that Battle of Alargano were shown. Part 2 and 3 will come up this week.

sheyiofficial:
Morocco Supports Nigeria
Militarily to Fight against Boko
Haram
By Youssef Igrouane -
August 1, 2016 , 2:31 pm
Rabat – Morocco has decided to support Nigeria
militarily in the fight against Boko Haram, a
terrorist organization based in Nigeria, Cameron
and Chad, according to French news website Le
Monde.
According to a Moroccan government official
quoted by Le Monde, King Mohammed VI has
authorized the provision of military equipment and
supplies- except for lethal munitions- to Nigeria,
in hope that giving military assistance to
Morocco’s traditional ally will help to fight the
recurrent incursions by Boko Haram in Nigeria.
“Discussions are still underway to decide the
exact nature of the military equipment and terms
and delivery’s procedures to the [Nigerian]
authorities.” The government’s official was quoted
by Le Monde as saying.
The decision to support Nigeria came after King
Mohammed VI formally requested to return to the
African Union (AU) via a message to the AU
summit in Rwanda two weeks ago.
This decision is regarded as an unprecedented
initiative from Morocco to supply the military
apparatus to help sub-Saharan countries to
combat terrorism.
Last June, Boko Haram committed a bombing
attack that killed at least 11 people in a mosque
in Cameroon.
In the same month, Medicins Sans Frontieres
reported that almost 200 Nigerian refugees who
escaped from Boko Haram have died from
starvation and malnutrition in the Bama refugee
camp, Nigeria.
Boko Haram recently joined ISIS and now calls
itself the “ISIS of West Africa” and claims that
Western education is a sin.

lol...I do not need to b a politician to know that this is just a stunt from Morocco to get back in AU...I mean what better way to do that than to lean towards a regional power

Katyusha:
Damn! You really MISSED! Even clips from that Battle of Alargano were shown. Part 2 and 3 will come up this week.

Can someone please provide a link.

Katyusha:
Hope no one missed the N.A documentary on NTA.
Was VERY nice. Combat clips, interviews and all..

Is it online?

Daverytimes:


Is it online?

On NTA youtube channel.
It might be uploaded now, but anytime from now it should be made available on there tube channel.

OPERATION AWATSE: NIGERIAN AIR FORCE STRIKES CRIMINAL CAMPS AND HIDEOUTS AT AREPO AND ENVIRONS

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) again today struck at criminal hideouts and camps harbouring pipeline vandals at AREPO and environs. The latest air strike is in continuation of the aerial bombardment commenced by the NAF on Thursday 28 July 2016 to rid the affected areas of pipeline vandals and other criminal elements. The ongoing air operations is aimed at providing air support for the Joint Task Force recently set-up by the Defence Headquarters to dislodge pipeline vandals in the South West region of the Country in an operation codenamed OPERATION AWATSE.

There are strong indications based on analysis of the enclosed footage on Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), as well as Strike and, Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) missions undertaken by NAF aircraft that the vandals have been sufficiently displaced from their current locations at AREPO while their criminal activities have also been heavily disrupted. The NAF however is intensifying its ongoing air operations day and night to neutralise the remnants of the vandals who might have relocated deep inside the Mangrove Forest.

Recall that the NAF is at present operating in 4 zones across the country to tackle various forms of internal security challenges. They include insurgency in the North East; cattle rustling, kidnapping and armed robbery in the North West; militancy in the South-South; and pipeline vandalism in the South West.

#Naf pictures....

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