Toju200:
I think the cause of some attack on our military base is the citizens (villagers) in borno since BHT are providing some amenities for them they are their sympathizers... they provide Info for BHT....the military has said this Before and it's true on the other hand the army should be ready anytime any day for anything coming their way the army said they had sophisticated UAV it should help them... some unit should take a cue from the troops in Yobe...they are well able to repel any attack and inflict damage on BHT/ISWAP

bidexiii:


Let's tell ourselves the truth the military as to step up there game and the federal government is not doing well at all when it comes to funding, for a country fighting terrorism.
We lost six good soldiers as a result of ambush by BHT, we can't rely on villagers to always give us intell on BHT movement & activities. What do we do to always counter threats in form of ambush, I.E.D threats and how to stop BHT from overrunning our military Base. These have been happening for years and how top rank officers haven't preferred solution to all these threats our troops are facing.
Troops on patrol riding on hilux are vulnerable to ambush and I.E.D threats. It takes grace to survive an ambush under fire, where you are out numbered 5 to 1 and you don't have a drone overhead.
Mr president is doing well in funding the army well, the army is not just lucky. We need the ARA II MRAP in large numbers 300-500, especially for patrol missions.
For Base defense our front line troops are not doing well in these aspect and to do just also our bases are not well fortified/protected as compared with many western/European bases in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq etc. I think the army authorities should emulate there airforce counterpart on how to defend bases and train soldiers in large numbers before they are been sent to the northeast, the earlier the better to stop these humiliation of BHT overrunning our F.O.B and carting away of ammunition caches.
We should contact the United States army on these, I like the way they protect there bases in the east.
If all law makers and elected personnel are ridding in bullet proofed/up armored cars then each soldier in the northeast deserves something much more better.
We should face out every Toyota hilux vehicle and the MRAP should be the minimum vehicle for operation of any sort, we are rich and we can afford.

bidexiii:


Let's tell ourselves the truth the military as to step up there game and the federal government is not doing well at all when it comes to funding, for a country fighting terrorism.
We lost six good soldiers as a result of ambush by BHT, we can't rely on villagers to always give us intell on BHT movement & activities. What do we do to always counter threats in form of ambush, I.E.D threats and how to stop BHT from overrunning our military Base. These have been happening for years and how top rank officers haven't preferred solution to all these threats our troops are facing.
Troops on patrol riding on hilux are vulnerable to ambush and I.E.D threats. It takes grace to survive an ambush under fire, where you are out numbered 5 to 1 and you don't have a drone overhead.
Mr president is doing well in funding the army well, the army is not just lucky. We need the ARA II MRAP in large numbers 300-500, especially for patrol missions.
For Base defense our front line troops are not doing well in these aspect and to do just also our bases are not well fortified/protected as compared with many western/European bases in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq etc. I think the army authorities should emulate there airforce counterpart on how to defend bases and train soldiers in large numbers before they are been sent to the northeast, the earlier the better to stop these humiliation of BHT overrunning our F.O.B and carting away of ammunition caches.
We should contact the United States army on these, I like the way they protect there bases in the east.
If all law makers and elected personnel are ridding in bullet proofed/up armored cars then each soldier in the northeast deserves something much more better.
We should face out every Toyota hilux vehicle and the MRAP should be the minimum vehicle for operation of any sort, we are rich and we can afford.

BabaOwen:
I keep hearing about how rich Nigeria is, yet our budget is nothing to write home about. I can only shake my head when I compare Nigeria budget to that of Angola, SA, Egypt and Algeria.
Our government is not serious at all in Nigeria. Nigerians deserve the kind of useless leaders like buhari sha. I don't understand how you will open your eyes and thumbprint for such a person.

bidexiii:
The Commander Command Army Records, Maj Gen BO Ogunkale has charged the troops of Operation Total Freedom to be more committed, dedicative and Professional in discharge of their duties. This is in line with the Chief of Army Staff's Vision which is "To have a professionally Responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its Constitutional Roles. The Comander said this during his Operational tour in Sector 6 Joint Special Forces at Okene, Sector 5 in Ajaokuta and Sector 7 in Kabba Bunu LGA of Kogi State. Those in his entourage during the visit were the CAR Operation's Officer, Maj GO Odewusi, CAR Public Relation's Officer, Maj MN Jaafaru and 94 MIR Ag Officer Commanding, Capt Ikehide.
The comd Command Army Records also paid a courtesy call on His Royal Majesty, the Ohinohi of Ebita Land Prince Dr Alhaji Ado Ibrahim, Attah the 3rd, CON, at his palace, in Okene

ugo4u:
It's high time NA buy helicopters for frontline operations even if it is Robinson helicopters, we can easily refit them.
It's time we call for a comprehensive national summit on security.
For me, I think it will be nice if each FOB has a direct hotline to call in for air support when there is an attack(this is where NA's air component shud come in), NAF's intervention shud be seen as a bonus because it seems like there is no seamless coordination btw NA & NAF.
It is madness to be using Innoson vehicles and other light skin vehicles for patrols in hot zones, their use should be limited to areas with lesser security threats. Proforce should be given all the support they need in manufacturing bomb/bullet resistant vehicles.

Most importantly, the recruitment/deploments should be very fair and credible. Politicians should remove their filter fingers in the entire process, I know some officers(Regulars) that have spent almost 5years in the army and have never visited NE, if they're ain't posted to Abuja they will be in Lagos with shining boots and starched khaki, attending wedding parties every Saturday, while some of their colleagues or even seniors especially (SSC/DSSC offrs) haven't tasted posting outside the NE since commissioning.

GeneralFarouq:

That guy in the pic looks like an SF instructor... He also looks navy SBS or army personnel trains by SBS

SamuelAnyawu:
Along Gubio-Damasak road yesterday at 4pm Bokoharam abducted some of our colleagues and Killed one of our Drivers. Too Sad

force the armed bandits, who were terrorizing innocent people in Zamfara State to the negotiating table.

Litmus:




Negotiating table ?

armed bandits?

Why aren’t we then negotiating with rapists and murderers? Oh, darn, not sharp - because, of course, we are, the Armed Bandits

In street lingo, banana republic thingz

bidexiii:
Nigeria: Islamic State fighters attack Jakana military base after deadly ambush


Islamic State militants attacked a military base in Jakana town in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state after ambushing a military vehicle nearby and killing the six soldiers aboard, two military sources told AFP Thursday.

Heavily-armed Islamic State West Africa Province fighters opened fire on a patrol vehicle on Wednesday, July 17 near Jakana, which is around 40 km (25 miles) west of Borno state capital Maiduguri, killing all the soldiers on board.

“We lost all six soldiers in the ambush, including a colonel,” said the first of two military sources, who both spoke on condition of anonymity.

The soldiers were on their way to Maiduguri from Damaturu, the capital of neighboring Yobe state, when the militants attacked around 5:20 p.m. local time (1620 GMT), said the source.

“The gun truck the soldiers were driving in was destroyed,” the second source said.

Following the ambush the insurgents attacked a military base just outside Jakana in seven technicals – pickup trucks fitted with machine guns, also known as gun trucks in Nigeria – engaging troops in an hour-long battle, the sources said. The attack was repelled by soldiers at the base, with ISWAP fighters abandoning weapons and one vehicle as they fled.

Nigeria’s Sun News outlet, which first broke news of the raid on Jakana on Wednesday, said the attack began at around 6:30 p.m. and that scores of residents had fled into the bush.

The army has not officially confirmed the attacks, and ISIS has not yet said that ISWAP fighters were responsible.

Read more-https://thedefensepost.com/2019/07/18/islamic-state-attack-jakana-nigeria-ambush/amp/

Toju200:
they got it wrong....the ambush was carried out by fleeing BHT after the military repelled the attack on the base...

bidexiii:



Wow.....this is so sad
May is soul R.I.P, you guys are working in very dangerous areas. Do you have military escorts ?

Nope we don't use Military escorts on Damasak and Monguno roads.

SamuelAnyawu:


Nope we don't use Military escorts on Damasak and Monguno roads.

bidexiii:


That's the reason I posted it.
In fact Sahara reporters side of the story was different claiming 20 soldiers died in the attack.

SamuelAnyawu:


Nope we don't use Military escorts on Damasak and Monguno roads.

SamuelAnyawu:


Nope we don't use Military escorts on Damasak and Monguno roads.

bidexiii:




Hmmmm ...actually these route where meant to be save for civilian use.