Nigeria, US, UK, others hold joint
military training on october 03, 2013 at 1:10
am in news Abuja — Nigeria will today
participate in a three-
week joint military training with special forces
from The Netherlands, U.S., UK, Spain and Italy. Director of Defence Information, Brig.-
Gen. Chris
Olukolade, said this in a statement, yesterday,
in
Abuja. He said that the exercise would take
place at the general area of the South-West and South-
South
coastal areas. Olukolade said the exercise,
code named AFRICAN
WINDS, is being spearheaded by the Nigerian
Navy. Olukolade said: “It will be facilitated by a
combined Mobile Training Teams, MTTs, of
Marines and Special Forces drawn from The
Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom,
Spain
and Italy under the auspices of African Partnership
Station, APS. “The Netherlands Navy
Amphibious Support Ship,
HMNLS ROTTERDAM, which is scheduled to
arrive in Lagos and later proceed to Calabar,
will feature as a major platform in the exercise.”
He said it was designed to improve the
capacity of
Nigeria’s Armed Forces to plan and execute
joint
operations in the maritime environment. The director said that the exercise would also
focus
on training activities in Joint Maritime Security
Training Centre, JMSTC, and the Nigerian
Army
Amphibious Training School, ATS. Olukolade said the Army, Navy and Air Force were
expected to participate “in this important
training
event with the Defence Headquarters, DHQ,
monitoring and superintending the exercise” Source: www.vangaurdngr.com