kaycid77:

You want to be a general someday but i know u dont want to be war front someday

chat2deen:


It seems u are from dia! Hanging dos shining things all in the name of pips was an unforgettable experience. Afterall we could not do wat napoleon has not done before. Still hv nostalgic moments of my prep winging days. The job must be do, is Dat kilia

naijaking1:
Just like the NYSC, the intention to establish the NDA was good, but the practices have made a mess of everything.
One retired officer, a Lt. Col I met recently said that the army has lost its way in Nigeria beginning from the admission practices at NDA. Because of quota system, you have some with a score of 490 out of say 500 from Anambra, Imo, Delta, or Oyo sitting in the same classroom with someone who scored 20 or 30 out of 500 from Katsine, Zamfara, or Kano.
Or worse still, someone who had successfully bribed his way into the class room could be your class mate.
My friend made another good point: once you're admitted through corruption and compromise of the scores, you always remain corrupt, and cheat your way till retirement! Only in Nigeria.
Compared to other national defense academies established about the same time in other nations like India, Brazil, and Malaysia, our NDA is a sorry sight.

neighy:
the Rank after Passing out From Nda is 2nd Lieutenant... And the highest rank an army officer has gotten to in Nigeria is Major General..

egesie:

highest rank is Lt. Gen, former COAS Ihejirika was a Lieutenant General

OP,the NDA is more or less a primary schl when compared to the American defense academy. We 've not got there yet.

neighy:
lieutenant general is below Major General...

celeron40:
The NDA was established in January 1964 as a reformation of the British runRoyal Military Forces Training College(RMFTC), which had been renamed the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) on independence. The military institution trains the officer corps of the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force. The initial class was only 62 cadets, and trainers were mostly officers in the Indian Army. The NDA grew to an all Nigerian training staff only in 1978. In 1981 itself began training bilateral training of foreign militaries. In 1985 the academy commenced offering undergraduate programmes to Military Officers In Training and now also currently offers post graduate studies both for Mscand Ph.Dfor both military and civilian students alike. The central mission remains the five year cadet officer training "Regular Combatant Course". As of 2008, its total cadet class is around 1500.
This thread will showcase the NDA through photos.
ENJOY ;

naijainfo.ga nd hotviberz naira land naijaoaded

iamrealdeji:

But the school is just too cold,moTtos are too cold,trainings too harsh,i would die if I come to this school,the school is very beautiful though,but looks like a yard of suffering and misery to me

killercute16:
The training ought hard na,what do u expect b4?...ice cream and sharwama,meat pie,hollandia youhgurt or chicken and chips.

shodexy:
It takes extraordinary military achievement to be a field marshal. General Agwai was the closest army officer in Nigeria to be a field marshal because he commanded one of the largest peace keeping operations in the world in Sudan. He was appointed by the United nations and he is one of the finest army officers Nigeria has ever produced.

Reference:


You are absolutely, totally so, so wrong. General is the pinacle of a ranking (serving) member of the armed forces. The rank of Field Marshall is a symbolic, ceremonial, temporary honour given to non serving members invited or visiting the theatre of war or significant operations such as Heads of State, retired top ranking servicemen, etc.

If Agwai was visiting front line troops today (of course he won't do so in mufti) in some special advisory role at the bequest of the government he will be ranked a Field Marshall (to establish a clear line of seniority between him and the serving generals) for that short period of time.

But in all seriousness.I cannot consider the present insurgency signifgicant enough to bring in old war horses.

asuoka:


this got me bruh....academy life is like hell..but its fun wen u hang star and u look at ur shoulder and smile and say it was worth the sufferintg

killercute16:
Yeah bro...they complain about the cadets not being competent yet they excel in sandhurst academy.

asuoka:


how can cadets not be competent...u need to be in academy...even foreign cadets jealous....it is not only nigerians that are in nda we train other countries too....Liberia sierra Leone etc to mention even Congo r not left out...nda is a place to be

killercute16:
The training ought hard na,what do u expect b4?...ice cream and sharwama,meat pie,hollandia youhgurt or chicken and chips.

yousee:
I love the Nigerian Armed Forces.

iamrealdeji:

Nothing can even bring me there except if I want to watch the trainings,this is too much for an average human being,you need to have good shock absorber before thinking of coming here,i hope some trainees don't die along the line

neighy:
lieutenant general is below Major General...

Missy89:


Every military academy in the world does that. Its all about who you know. Most military officers always push their kids or family in for legacy reasons and others get in thru who they know.That is just military politics nothing more. It is not a Nigerian thing. The quota system is even more important in a very heterogeneous Nigeria.

Many high score students usually get in by enlisting and not thru the academy. The academy is always reserved for the students that knows someone for the most part. That is how the military establishment works.