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#Niger: ISWAP militants detonated a VBIED yesterday, killing a captain and an unknown number of soldiers in Toumour, #Diffa.

ISWAP in Niger claims to have targeted #Diffa Airport with three Grad rockets yesterday.

Gunmen attack Mali army base, kill at least 16 soldiers


BAMAKO (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked and briefly seized a Malian army base overnight, killing at least 16 soldiers and destroying five vehicles in central Mali's Mopti region, officials said on Sunday. Read more: https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1QY0ER?__twitter_impression=true

Large weapons cache, including an M40 recoilless rifle, rifles, mortar shells, RPGs and ammo discovered by ANP in Adrar Province, along the #Mali/#Mauritania border.

@EgyArmySpox photos of 9 tunnels connecting #Gaza Strip and North #Sinai that were discovered and destroyed .

Xbee007:
Truly, have you ever heard of Nigerian soldiers crossing into Cameronian territory in pursuit of terrorists?

The only time I hear of Nigerian soldiers entering Cameronian, Chadian or Nigerien territory is when they are escaping from terrorists.

That you heard of ? Does not mean Nigerian soldiers/military do not pursue or fight on other neighbouring territory.

The major territory/area of operation of BHT which is around lake Chad axis is located on Nigerian soil, that means will see more of joint operation on Nigeria territory.

The #Gambian navy receives a training brief from @USCG members before conducting a simulated #drugsmuggling & #humantrafficking scenario during exercise #Obangame Express 2019 in #Banjul, #Gambia ��

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SamuelAnyawu:
The Chadian Soldiers are here in Monguno, i guess the Full Baga takeover loading soon

God's speed. Are you in Monguno right now.

jakeporeshenko:
Ethiopian airlines Defence, Pantsir S-1r that’s has to be a recent purchase.

definitely it's a recent purchase for them, these guys ain't joking.

NIGERIAN ARMY HAS APPROVED POSTINGS AND APPOINTMENTS OF SENIOR OFFICERS

The Nigerian Army has on Saturday the 16th of March 2019, released the postings and appointments of some of its senior officers. Those affected by this, include, Major General HO Otiki who has been posted to 8 Division as General Officer Commanding, Major General SO Olabanji the erstwhile General Officer Commanding 8 Division has been posted to Infantry Corps Centre and appointed as Commander Infantry Corps, Brigadier General HI Bature from 34 Brigade to Headquarters Training and Doctrine Command as Director Examinations, while Brigadier General TO Olowomeye from Headquarters 33 Brigade to Army Headquarters Department of Civil-Military Affairs as Director Civil Military Affairs .

Similarly, Brigadier General BA Mohammed from 23 Brigade to Martin Luther Agwai International Peace Keeping Centre and appointed Deputy Commandant, Brigadier General UM Bello from Headquarters Training and Doctrine Command to 63 Brigade and appointed Commander, Brigadier General MT Durowaiye from Directorate of Army Transformation and Innovation to 33 Brigade and appointed Commander.

Others affected by this development are - Brigadier General SB Kumapayi from Army Headquarters Department of Civil-Military Affairs to Headquarters 14 Brigade as Commander, Brigadier General NM Jega from Headquarters 2 Brigade to 9 Brigade and appointed Commander, Brigadier General KO Aligbe from 16 Brigade to Defence Headquarters as Acting Director Liaison National Assembly, Brigadier General AK Ibrahim from 14 Brigade to Army Headquarters Department of Administration (Army) and appointed Deputy Director Veteran Affairs Department Retired Officers' Cell and Brigadier General GTO Ajetunmobi from Headquarters Command Army Records to 31 Brigade as Commander.

Accordingly, Brigadier General OG Onubogu from Army Headquarters Department of Army Policy and Plans to Headquarters 16 Brigade and appointed Commander, Brigadier General OM Bello from Nigerian Army Resource Center to Headquarters 6 Division and appointed Chief of Staff, while Brigadier General ZL Abubakar from National Defence College to 32 Brigade and appointed Commander and Brigadier General AA Orukotan from Nigerian Army Resource Center to Headquarters Command Army Records and appointed Chief of Staff among others.

SAGIR MUSA
Colonel
Acting Director Army Public Relations
16 March 2019

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INTERNAL SECURITY OPERATIONS: NAF GRADUATES FIRST SET OF SPECIAL FORCES PERSONNEL TRAINED BY NIGERIAN INSTRUCTORS AT RTC

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), today 15 March 2019, graduated another batch of Special Forces (SF) personnel to boost Internal Security (IS) operations in the country. The 175 graduating students of SF Course 4/2019 successfully completed the 10-week rigorous and intensive training in asymmetric warfare at the Regiment Training Centre (RTC), Kaduna. Significantly, this is the first time in the history of the NAF that SF personnel would be trained wholly by NAF Instructors thereby actualising one of the key drivers of the Chief of the Air Staff’s Vision of “reinforcing a culture of self-reliance and prudent management of resources”. Before now, the NAF had engaged the services of an Israeli Company, the Four Troops Team, to train NAF SF personnel, aside overseas’ training in various countries such as Belarus, China and Pakistan.

In his remarks at the graduation ceremony, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, stated that in the last 4 years, the NAF had made deliberate efforts to reposition the Service into a highly professional fighting force, with the training of over 1,000 SF personnel as part of the overall strategy for its capacity building initiatives. The CAS promised to sustain the training of SF personnel to enhance NAF force projection posture, while also improving its Base Defence/force protection capability. Air Marshal Abubakar, who expressed satisfaction with the quality of the training, noted that NAF SF personnel were making huge impacts in the fight against terrorism and armed banditry across the country. According to him, examples of these achievements include the recent arrest of armed bandits at Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State as well as the professional conduct of NAF personnel deployed to support the Nigerian Police in providing security during the recently concluded General Elections. These performances, the CAS said, were indications that the efforts of the NAF toward building an efficient force structure, with the NAF SF as a vital component, were yielding positive results.

Air Marshal Abubakar charged the graduands to be prepared to do their best in all circumstances as their future assignments would require courage, good judgement and commitment. The CAS emphasized the need for the SF personnel to rededicate themselves to duties and conduct themselves in accordance with NAF’s core values of ‘Integrity’, ‘Service before Self’ and ‘Excellence’. He commended the Air Officer Commanding Ground Training Command, Air Vice Marshal Idi Amin, as well as the Commandant RTC and his Team of Instructors for their tireless efforts in molding NAF Regiment personnel. He also assured the Centre of the support of Headquarters (HQ) NAF to enable it effectively discharge its responsibility of training elite fighting personnel for the NAF and the Nation.

While concluding his remarks, the CAS thanked the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari, for the priority attention given to the requirements of the NAF. “The support provided by the Federal Government has no doubt positively impacted on the NAF and led to increased aircraft serviceability and availability as well as improved training and enhanced facilities”, he said. The CAS also appreciated the efforts of officers, airmen and airwomen of the NAF who participated in various airlift and other support activities during the recently concluded elections. Their achievement, he said, was a major logistics feat. According to him, the airlift provided by the NAF in support of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other agencies was excellent. He highlighted that the NAF used 8 aircraft to airlift a total of 628,298kg of election materials to 31 different locations in the country flying about 348 hours in a total 334 sorties. NAF Ground Support Equipment in several locations were also use to load and offload the materials from both NAF and non-NAF aircraft involved in the exercise. This, the CAS said, was a clear testament to the improved support provided to the NAF by the Federal Government to the improved airlift capacity of the Service, which was made possible by the serviceability status of the 8 aircraft involed in the exercise.

While unveiling the new accoutrements and insignia of the NAF Regiment as well as the new nickname of the SF – ‘the PANTHERS’ -, the Director of Regiment HQ NAF, Air Commodore Babatunde Phillips, highlighted how the specialty had been transformed over the past 4 years with massive capacity building initiatives. He said that the transformation had resulted in raising the number of NAF SF personnel from less than 300 in 2015 to a well-trained, well-equipped and well-motivated force of over 1,000; along with 44 SF instructors also recently trained. He noted that the PANTHERS, who were currently deployed for internal security operations in 14 different States across the country, would continue to be models of professionalism displaying courage, valour, strength, swiftness, agility, adaptability and tenacity in the discharge of their duties.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Commandant RTC, Wing Commander Stephen Sekegor, noted that the rationale behind the localization of SF training was to ensure prudent management of resources while still ensuring qualitative training. He thanked the CAS for his visionary leadership which had resulted in the phenomenal enhancement of the capacity the NAF Regiment Specialty to better conduct base operations in both conventional and asymmetric warfare environments. He assured the CAS that RTC would continue to provide the requisite specialized training to meet the contemporary security challenges facing the Nation.

Highlights of the graduation ceremony included unarmed combat, weapons handling and Research & Development displays by RTC as well as the simulation of a coordinated assault on an enemy location conducted by the graduating SF personnel to the admiration of guests. Also, certificates and awards were presented to students who distinguished themselves during the Course. The CAS also commissioned a newly-constructed SF Command Training Shed as a joint user facility for the Military Training Centre (MTC) and RTC. Present at the ceremony were the Commandant Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, General Officer Commanding 1 Division Nigerian Army as well as the Air Officers Commanding Air Training Command and Ground Training Command, amongst many other serving and retired senior officers.

IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force

PRESS RELEASE

NIGERIAN ARMY NEUTRALIZES SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS DRESSED IN MILITARY UNIFORMS IN BENUE STATE.

Troops of 72 Special Forces Battalion Makurdi, deployed at Yelwata, in Guma LGA which is a Border town between Benue and Nasarawa State while on patrol along Road Yelwata-Kadarko to monitor post election activities in that axis had an encounter with some suspected armed robbers in the early hours of today the 15th of March 2019.

The suspected armed robbers were dressed in military desert camouflage and robbing motorists along the road. However, the gallant troops of the Battalion engaged the robbers in a gun battle which resulted in the elimination of one of the armed robbers during the encounter, while others took to their heels.

Items recovered include :
a. One locally made rifle.
b. Three rounds of 7.62MM special ammunition.
c. One empty case of7.62MM Special ammunition.

Similarly , some cultists who have been terrorising the North-Bank general area in Makurdi metropolis were arrested by Intelligent Operatives of 72 Special Forces Battalion deployed within the town to monitor post election activities. The suspects are Mr Shuaibu Sale, Mr Umar Sule and Mr Idris Bawa. Items recovered from them incude:
a. One locally made revolver pistol.
b. One round of 9mm
c. A poly bag containing weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp.

Members of the Public are reminded to be security conscious at all times and enjoined to report any suspicious activities of or movements of individuals or groups to the nearest law enforcement agents for prompt action.

Forwarded herewith are some pictures of the incidents for your publication please.

SAMSON ZHAKOM
Captain
Assistant Director
Army Public Relations
707 Special Forces Brigade Makurdi.
15 March 2019

Morocco Takes Part in US-Led African Naval Exercise “Obangame Express 2019”


Morocco’s royal navy frigate “Mohammed V” takes part in the multinational “Obangame Express 2019” (OE19), conducted by US Naval Forces Africa (NAVAF), with the participation of several African countries.

The Moroccan frigate has docked at the autonomous port of Abidjan for this regional African maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation among participating nations in order to increase maritime safety and security in the Gulf of Guinea.



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PHOTO NEWS: Representative of the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Francis Isaac (M) other Senior Naval Officers flag off Obangame Express 2019, in Lagos on Friday (15/3/19).

Maj. Gen. Roger Cloutier, the U.S. Army Africa commanding general, recently visited the Military Teaching Hospital in N'Djamena, Chad during Medical Readiness Exercise 19-1. The exercise was a
combined effort among the Chadian government, U.S. Army Africa, 3rd Medical Command Deployment Support and Fort Hood's DENTAC.

This medical readiness exercise is the first this year in an annual series of medical readiness exercises that U.S. Army Africa facilitates within a variety of countries on the African continent,
providing an opportunity for the partnered militaries to share best practices and improve medical treatment processes.

U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) U.S. Embassy N'Djamena U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) 3d Medical Command Deployment Support Desert Medics

GeneralFarouq:
No u don't know or No it not possible?

It's not possible

GeneralFarouq:
DICON is doing a good job with that webbing... Pls do u know if a soldier can buy anything with his personal money from Dixon... Like this webbing

CAPITAL NO

GeneralFarouq:
No, not just a female, but a deadly female

Looks like a tourniquet

Sizzorkay:
Is that a female? The person putting someone in a choke hold, with braids

Yeap a female...

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‪#HappeningNow: The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, is at the Regiment Training Centre Kaduna today, 15 March 2019, for the graduation ceremony of Special Forces (SF) Course 4/2019, comprising 175 personnel; the first set to be trained by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Instructors. The ceremony featured ‘Krav Maga’ (unarmed combat), weapon handling and R& displays as well as the simulation of a coordinated assault on an enemy location conducted by the graduating SF personnel. The new accoutrements and insignias for the NAF Regiment as well as the new name of the NAF SF - ‘the PANTHERS’ - were also unveiled during the event. ‬In the past 4 years, NAF has significantly boosted the capacity of its Regiment speciality and more than tripled its SF strength, thereby enhancing operations in the fight against insurgency and other forms of criminality, while also improving its Base Defence/force protection capability. Details later

jakeporeshenko:
Afsf team and a sniper attached, check out that camouflaged bicycle, accounts for mobility and stealth all in one

#NN

The term Obangame comes from the Fang word meaning togetherness.

#obangameexpress 2019 planning together .

U.S. Army Trains Nigerian Infantry



https://www.dvidshub.net/video/585196/us-army-trains-nigerian-infantry