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CALL FOR PAPERS on Insurgency and Counter- Insurgency in Nigeria; Critical Perspectives on Boko Haram. Please find details through this link: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/1872615/insurgency-and-insurgency-nigeria-critical-perspectives-boko

@CAS_AMSadique celebrating Sallah with @NigAirForce frontline troops in Maiduguri in a newly built NAF multipurpose hall, commissioned today by Senator Duro Faseyi, Chairman Senate Committee on Air Force. Details later...

#EIDMUBARAK: Photo News @HQNigerianArmy troops in frontline !!
Acting GOC 7 Division, Brig Gen Abdulmalik Bulama Biu joins troops and their families for Eid Mubarak Prayer at 212 Battalion Parade Ground Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri.

Egypt wants to contract on the armed version of the French-made Patroller UAVs according to @LaTribune Newspaper.

#EidMubarak our #Valiant #Troops, our #Watchers on the wall protecting us. May The Greatest Watcher Watch Over you. May The Almighty Keep you Safe, Ameen #ThankAsoldier

#LAF

Xbee007:
SSGN has done it again.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T38dCdtrA4

https://www.nairaland.com/4564568/nigeria-projected-overtake-south-africa

Nice video and the Gospel truth, with the way NAF is going by 2020 we would overtake and leave south Africa behind.

PRESS RELEASE

ARMY ENCOUNTERS SUSPECTED BANDITS, RECOVER WEAPONS IN BENUE STATE

1. Troops of 72 Special Forces Battalion while on clearance operation on 14 June 2018 encountered some suspected bandits at Kwatan Gyemu.

2. Some of the bandits were killed while others escaped into the bush with gun shot wounds during the encounter.

3. Four motorcycles were recovered from the bandits.

4. Also at Okungbo where troops carried out cordon and search four suspected criminals were arrested.

5. Items recovered include:

a. Seven locally made rifles/ revolvers.

b. Nine rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition.

c. Two handsets and some documents.

6. Similarly, troops of 222 Battalion deployed in operation LAFIYA DOLE on 14 June 2018 embarked on a recovery operation to a forest at Kawuri.

7. Items recovered include:

a. One AK 47 rifle.

b. Four AK47 Magazines.

c. 45 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition.

d. Six rounds of 5.56mm special ammunition.

8. Preliminary investigation revealed that the rifles belong to one Mr Abiso Ali, 37 years and Mr Samaila, 25 years. all from Suraja village who had earlier surrendered to the troops.

9. The public is reminded to be security conscious at all times and report any suspicious activities or movements to the law enforcement agents for prompt action.

10.You are please requested to disseminate this information to the general public through your reputable medium.

11. Thank you for your kind cooperation.

TEXAS CHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations

ARMED BANDITRY: NAF CONSTRUCTS HELIPADS TO ENHANCE AIR OPERATIONS IN ZAMFARA STATE

In its bid to curtail armed banditry and other security challenges in Zamfara State, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has constructed and commissioned 2 new helipads at 207 Quick Response Group (207 QRG) in Gusau. The 2 helipads, which were commissioned on 13 June 2018, would enable NAF combat helicopter gunships to operate from Gusau thereby increasing their reach during air operations within Zamfara State and environs. The construction of the helipads is part of measures by the NAF leadership at enhancing its air operations in support of NAF Special Forces and other security agencies in the State. Speaking during the commissioning, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, represented by the Air Officer Commanding, Special Operations Command, Air Vice Marshal Ismaila Kaita said the commissioning of the helipads shows NAF’s commitment to collaborate with other security agencies to tackle the insecurity challenges facing Zamfara State. According to him, “these efforts would undoubtedly provide the reach and ubiquity of projecting air power in response to the current security challenges in the State”.

The CAS further stated that the impact of the activities of criminal elements, particularly in Zamfara State, underscores the need for the provision of requisite infrastructure to deal with emerging threats. Air Marshal Abubakar added that the NAF would, therefore, continue to place high premium on robust logistics support while not neglecting the issues of human capacity development and personnel welfare for efficient and effective operational capability. The CAS also seized the opportunity to appreciate the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari, for his unflinching support to the NAF through the provision of necessary resources to fulfill its statutory responsibilities. Earlier in his remarks, the Commander of 207 QRG, Group Captain Caleb Olayera, said that the newly constructed helipads would greatly assist the Unit to respond more swiftly to security needs in the State, as helicopters could now take off and land from the new helipads in Gusau. The Commander therefore thanked the CAS for his commitment and relentless efforts to ensure that the Unit achieves its objective.

It would be recalled that the NAF established 207 QRG under the Special Operations Command, in November 2016, to provide force protection and conduct special operations in support of NAF operations in the Northwestern part of the country. The Unit is also tasked to provide support to civilian authority in form of anti-kidnapping, anti-rustling and aircraft anti-hijack operations amongst others.

OLATOKUNBO ADESANYA
Air Vice Marshal
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force

jakeporeshenko:
Nigerian navy in Ogun State

Can't we be producing these Gun boats here in Nigeria

We rather choose to import them

#PARATROOPERS

abiodunalasa:
Ejo awon wo tun ni awon eleyi ??

Please guys, ...English.....

His asking who are these guys


Cameroonian B.I.R.

OperationLASTHOLD: Cameroon Kids At Risk of Boko Haram Recruitment



http://naijarise.com.ng/2018/06/14/operationlasthold-cameroon-kids-at-risk-of-boko-haram-recruitment/

Happy Eid Mubarak to our Muslim brethren . As you celebrate this holy day, may God's blessings continue to manifest in your homes.

GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL TY BURATAI NAM OMM (BR) GSS psc(+) ndc (BD) FCMH FNHAM BA (Hons) MA MPhil THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF TO OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS ON THE OCCASION OF 2018 EID-EL FITR CELEBRATIONS

1. I wish to use this medium to felicitate with all officers, soldiers of the NA and their families on this occasion of 2018 Eid-el-Fitr Celebrations. This Celebration which climax the Holy month of Ramadan offers an opportunity for spiritual upliftment and renewal of our collective commitment to the NA and the Nation at large. I want to use this occasion to commend personnel for their tireless contribution in the sustenance of peace and security across the Country and I urge all to remain professionally focused to this end.

2. The achievements recorded by the NA in the various activities conducted in last few months is worthy of mention. These activities include the successful conduct of Op DEEP PUNCH II, Ex AYEM AKPATUMA (Ex CAT RACE) Op LAST HOLD which is ongoing and the hosting of the African Land Forces Summit in Abuja to mention but few. Furthermore, we have effectively tackled the Boko Haram Insurgency. However, in the areas of kidnapping, cattle rustling in the North Central and North Western Regions; we are re-strategizing to decisively deal with the situation. These feats no doubt are calls for officers and soldiers to redouble our efforts in the collective discharge of our constitutional roles. In the pursuit of this, I charge you all to maintain disciplined, be committed, dedicated, resilient and courageous in the discharge of your duties.

3. May I at this point reiterate my total commitment towards achieving my vision for the NA. It is my desire to transform the NA into a more potent and professional responsive force that will effectively curtail contemporary security challenges. To this end, I want to reassure you all that issues bothering on training and welfare will continue to receive my utmost attention. We shall continue to do our best to ensure the wellbeing of our officers and soldiers as well as their families.

4. Finally, on this great occasion, I want to on behalf of officers and soldiers of the NA reaffirm our unalloyed loyalty to the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The NA will continue to remain apolitical while ensuring the sustenance of democracy.

5. I wish you all a happy Eid-el-Fitr Celebrations. Thank you and Allah bless you all.

TUKUR YUSUFU BURATAI
Lieutenant General
Chief of Army Staff

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NAF GRADUATES ADDITIONAL REGIMENT PERSONNEL TO BOOST ITS COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has graduated another batch of Regiment personnel trained by the British Military Advisory and Training Team (BMATT) at the Regiment Training Centre (RTC), Kaduna. The combined graduation ceremony, which took place yesterday, 13 June 2018 witnessed the graduation of hundreds of additional Regiment personnel, comprising officers and airmen/airwomen, who had completed various specialized courses namely Basic Regiment Officers’ Course, Advanced Regiment Airmen’s Course and Basic Regiment Airmen/Airwomen’s Course. Also graduated along the Regiment personnel were nearly 200 personnel of Air Police and Air Intelligence Specialties. With the graduation, the NAF’s combat readiness to meet the asymmetric and dynamic security challenges confronting the country would be further boosted.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony, the Guest of Honour, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, disclosed that the NAF would continue to develop requisite capabilities to match its roles, whether conventional or asymmetric. The CAS further stated that the NAF would continue to build a highly sustainable and functional air force that would be highly responsive and decisive to have depth, flexibility and capability to operate either alone or in conjunction with surface forces. According to him, the NAF would also continue to conduct a wide range of operations, from humanitarian assistance and peace enforcement to counterinsurgency operations, in furtherance of national security and development objectives. Air Marshal Abubakar disclosed that the NAF was focused on reinvigorating capabilities that had declined, developing new capabilities for the changing security environment and adapting processes to reflect the broader range of security requirements aimed at generating combat forces to secure own bases against all forms of hostile elements.

On the training package, the CAS revealed that since November 2015, the NAF had commenced a 5-year training collaboration with the BMATT, aimed at training NAF Regiment personnel on Force Protection in Complex Air and Ground Environments (FP-CAGE). Of recent, the Air Provost and Intelligence Specialties were incorporated into the course for better synergy in force protection and appropriate delineation of responsibilities for complementary roles in the Base Defence Architecture. The CAS observed that the training, which holds at RTC twice a year, had resulted in the training of well over one thousand personnel. He therefore commended personnel of BMATT for their dedication, hard work and commitment to the FP-CAGE training package at the RTC. While congratulating the graduands for their commitment, self-discipline and determination throughout the course, the CAS urged them to imbibe the attributes of the military profession, which include absolute loyalty, discipline, honesty, intelligence, physical fitness, motivation, accountability, judgment, decisiveness, teamwork and courage among other values. He therefore implored them to put all that they had learnt while on the course to maximum use to safeguard lives and properties within their areas of responsibilities. “You must not allow yourself to be used by disgruntled elements in the society and you must also submit yourselves to the civil authority and protect our democracy,” he said.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Commandant RTC, Group Captain Isaac Subi, stated that RTC had restructured its curriculum for more effective and efficient training to meet the ever changing complexities of military operations either during war or in peace time. He also disclosed that the training module included practical demonstrations, film shows and field exercises covering wide range of counterterrorism drills, commando fighting tactics, airfield defence, force protection and close quarter battle in an environment of uncertainty. The Commandant thanked the CAS for his support and for trusting the Centre to actualize his desire to build requisite capacity for the NAF.

The graduation ceremony was preceded by a field demonstration of some of the skills acquired by the graduands while on the course. The highlight of the occasion was the presentation of awards to graduands that distinguished themselves during the course. Two female personnel, Aircraftwomen Adejimi TB and Depriye BK, were among the awardees that performed excellently during the course.

OLATOKUNBO ADESANYA
Air Vice Marshal
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force

#AFSF with radio comms

How Soon Will China’s Dark Sword Stealth Drone Be Airworthy?



https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-soon-will-chinas-dark-sword-stealth-drone-be-airworthy

Daesh #ISIS Sniper caught by the Libyan National Army on #Derna #Libya



https://twitter.com/HosamDakhakhni/status/1006661123364589569

Kenya Defence Forces peace enforcers working under the African Union Mission in Somalia @amisomsomalia conducted a free medical camp and distributed foodstuffs to residents of Hoosingo, Lower Jubba Region. #HumanitarianAssistance

lionel4power:
Cameroon’s anglophone war, A rifle is the only way out
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Emmanuel Freudenthal recently became the first journalist to spend time with an anglophone armed group, trekking for a week with them in the sun and rain, across rivers and up steep hills, through dark rainforests and fields of giant grass. In this two-part series, he explores the make-up and motivation of the Ambazonia Defense Forces, and how the civil war brewing in Cameroon is changing the lives of fighters, civilians, and refugees.
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https://www.africanmilitaryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screenshot_20180614-085330-777x437.png
“I killed three of them,” says Abang. “I use this [gun] to kill them like animals, as they are killing me, killed all my brothers.”

Before the army destroyed his village and killed his three brothers, Abang was a farmer and an electrician. Today, he’s one of hundreds of anglophone men fighting with hunting rifles and magical amulets against the US- and French-trained Cameroonian army in an attempt to win independence for a new country they call Ambazonia.
Cameroon’s anglophone minority has been requesting greater autonomy since former territories held by the British and French were federated into one central African nation in 1961. These demands have become steadily more vocal since the 1980s.

https://www.africanmilitaryblog.com/2018/06/cameroon-ambazonia-war

Cameroon security forces torturing English speakers, Amnesty says


(CNN) — Cameroon is in the grip of spiraling violence that has seen security forces and armed separatists torture and attack people in the country's English speaking region, a new report by Amnesty International has said.
The human rights group says it has spoken to more than 150 victims and eyewitnesses to gather evidence of escalating violence in the northwest and southwest region of the country.
Rights groups call for probe into protesters' deaths during 2016 demonstrations in Cameroon.


https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/06/11/africa/cameroon-anglophone-torture-amnesty-intl/index.html?rm=1

Tunisian Desert Corps Mahari Regiment

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A Ceremony for the delivery of four super tucano aircraft , donated by the United States of America

abiodunalasa:
Nigerian Killer Tree

Well perfected.

jakeporeshenko:
Nigerian navy chopper- preflight checks

Beautifully pictures

Henry240:
OFF-TOPIC

Peru

Peruvian Navy commissions locally built multi-purpose amphibious assault ship. The ship can carry 450 fully armed marines, 15 armoured personnel carriers etc

I'm shocked, can't even point Peru on the map.

This is incredibly beautiful

Challenge for the NN

NA soldiers in there trenches.

PRESS RELEASE

ARMY NEUTRALIZES 23 BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS, RECOVER WEAPONS

1. Troops of 153 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with elements of Cameroonian Defence Forces while on clearance operation on 11 June 2018, encountered Boko Haram terrorists.

2. 23 of the terrorists were neutralized and several others wounded during the encounter.

3. Items recovered include:

a. Six AK 47 rifles.

b. Two FN rifles.

c. Eight AK 47 rifle magazines.

d. 33 rounds of 7.62 mm NATO ammunition

e. One link of 7.62mm NATO.

f. Two motorcycles.

4. Also, troops had earlier cleared numerous villages in the Lake Chad region including Bulakeisa, Tumbuma Babba, Abbaganaram and Dan Baure, among others.

5. The public is advised to report any suspicious activities or movements to the law enforcement agents at all times.

6. You are please requested to disseminate this information to the general public.

7. Thank you for your kind cooperation.

TEXAS CHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations