ifedubatoochukw:
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja directed the central command of the military to relocate to Maiduguri, Borno, to intensify the fight against Boko Haram insurgency.

Buhari, who gave the directive in his address after his inauguration, said it was impossible to achieve victory against the insurgents if the command continued to operate from Abuja.

He said that the command center would relocate and remain in Maiduguri until the insurgents were subdued.

No where in the History of world military History will the military central command be located right in the combat zone it is the height of unprofessional-ism which is about to force me to revisit the issue of Buhari certificate scandal. let us use the United state of America model as a case study .

Military Central command are non combatants they are not infantry units but expertise from various field of course


Structure

Central Command headquarters staff directorates include personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics, plans & policy, information systems, training & exercises, and resources, and other functions. The intelligence section is known as Joint Intelligence Center, Central Command, or JICCENT, which serves as a Joint Intelligence Center for the co-ordination of intelligence. Under the intelligence directorate, there are several divisions

In the United State the Central Military Command directs four "service component commands" and one subordinate unified command and no fighting units directly subordinate to it:

The United States Army Central (USARCENT), and the United States Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT), both headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, the U.S. Marine Forces Central Command (USMARCENT), headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida and the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT), headquartered at Naval Support Activity Bahrain in the Kingdom of Bahrain. MacDill Air Force Base also hosts a Sub-unified command called the Special Operations Command Central (USSOCCENT).

In 1983, U.S. Military Central Command was established to succeed the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, formed at MacDill AFB, Florida on 1 March 1980, to handle US national security interests in Southwest Asia, Central Asia and the Persian G

The USA Central Military Command main headquarters is located at MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Florida. A forward headquarters was established in 2002 at Camp As Sayliyah in Doha, Qatar, which in 2009 transitioned to a forward headquarters at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to serve American strategic interests interest in the following countries as the Area of Responsibilty.



Area of Responsibility Countries for USA Central Military Command Located in Mac Dill Air force Base in Tampa Florida..


Afghanistan
Bahrain
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
U.A.E.
Uzbekistan
Yemen

Tactically its a great Blunder for Mr Buhari to relocated the Military Central command right into sambisa forest when he knew quite well that these people are non combatants they are not infantry soldiers and their area of responsibilty covers a wider area than just boko haram. they monitor , deploy and protect both Nigeria air land and water from both internal and external aggression.

Relocating Nigeria military Central Command to frontline war zone is the most senseless decision any president have ever taken and such action is capable of endangering Nigeria external security an outside force may invade the nation of Nigeria in time like these..

This wrong decision calls for us to revisit Buhari certificate scandal and how he come about his title of Major General when he is incapable of simple kindergarten Military Decision

Ifeduba ThankGod T ( political Analyst writes in from Anambra state)

emmatok:


Military command center is not the DHQ.

Military command center is a dedicated operations center for a particular crisis.

The military command center for Terrorism should not be located in Abuja for any reason.

Volksfuhrer:
Op, you know nothing about the Nigeria military. I knew you lost it when you started comparing the Afghan situation with that of local insurgents. One word sums up your post: TRASH

Bowaley17:
Anyhow sha... I jus pray this BH insurgency ends ASAP. They have caused Nigerians pains. God help PMB...

politricks:
Buhari did not relocate the command centre to another country according to your argument. The relocation of the command centre will send a strong message to Boko haram that its not business as usual. And besides, its not like its the whole military that was relocated there, its just a section of it.

olaideeeedris:
That is USA bro. This is Nigeria, a country bedeviled with in security and corruption. Different approach is needed to combat these cankerworms

chaloner:

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this is noise making , like a touth ....go nd sleep abeg, wat did u knw , dis is time to judge PMB , dis is time to feed him wit d same cup u pple use for GEJ, so beta get use to dat

ifedubatoochukw:


THE MILITARY CENTRAL COMMAND IS THE ENGINE ROOM OF THE ENTIRE NIGERIA FORCES INCLUDING ARMY NAVY AND AIRFOCE all their cordinated strikes is control from this command base... even BOTH NIGERIA COMBAT AND SURVEILLANCE DRONE IS CONTROL FROM THERE.. IF BOKO HARAM OVER RUN THIS BASE NIGERIA IS DOOMED ALL OUR DATA CODES AND DRONES AND MISILES WILL FALL INTO BOKO HARAM HAND

ifedubatoochukw:


I repeat once again the Central Military Command are not combatant soldiers they are experts there you find computer scientist manning the drones and satellite images rebroadcasting Enemy troop location to the combatant soldiers on ground and the airforces, there you even find Military nuclear experts etc..

they gather information, plan and cordinate military assaults ...

Central Military Command is an intelligent unit in the Army that is where military operation is directed using satellite images .. Buhari in this single directive acted as a man who is no longer in touch with modern military techniques



Nigeria military Command Area Of Responsibilty covers the whole of Nigeria and outside Nigeria where our troops are stationed currently

so it is very much senseless to relocate such a unit with sensitive data right at the frontline as if modern military intelligent information is gotten by trekking around sambisa forest in the middle of the Night? what are military satellites for? and surveillance drones?

chaloner:

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this is noise making , like a touth ....go nd sleep abeg, wat did u knw , dis is time to judge PMB , dis is time to feed him wit d same cup u pple use for GEJ, so beta get use to dat

Sirme411:
After I finished Reading The Useless Article of how You were Comparing a well developed Country(USA) To a Developing Country(Nigeria) I could nt Buh Imagine Ow U look Like...Nd Den I saw Ur Picture
Thanks For Giving Me A Clue Of How Fools Look Like

princejayboss:



We celebrate ignorance with joint high level of stupidity and sentiments..... The young man wrote a wonderful stuff with a very clear fact .... You are here talking nonsense.... Military is military.... Imagine moving pentagon to combat zone or moving Israeli war room to combat zone .... It was a total down for the PMB .... .... He who thinks he knows it all end up not achieving nothing.... He needs sound and young people for advice .... A call like this shows he is so rusty and has nothing to offer.

emmatok:


Military command center is not the DHQ.

Military command center is a dedicated operations center for a particular crisis.

The military command center for Terrorism should not be located in Abuja for any reason.

politricks:
I thought i was talking to a sensible person.

nonjebose:
It sure has gone beyond the 7 div.

williams20:
At first , I thought of just reading and moving on but I feel the need to comment is essential
Strategies are meant to be employed in the way they best suitthe situation on ground and as such the Nigerian clime shouldn't be compared with the united states or any other nation in this regard , OP you should understand that at this point coordination is the language needed to finish the barbaric sect ,
Please next time you write , read and understand the statements you wish to criticize properly before making a public mess of yourself .
Thanks

E.O.T William CBT, ASHM, Member IAEng

ifedubatoochukw:


THE MILITARY CENTRAL COMMAND IS THE ENGINE ROOM OF THE ENTIRE NIGERIA FORCES INCLUDING ARMY NAVY AND AIRFOCE all their cordinated strikes is control from this command base... even BOTH NIGERIA COMBAT AND SURVEILLANCE DRONE IS CONTROL FROM THERE.. IF BOKO HARAM OVER RUN THIS BASE NIGERIA IS DOOMED ALL OUR DATA CODES AND DRONES AND MISILES WILL FALL INTO BOKO HARAM HAND

superstar1:


I thought you are a Biafraudian, why stress yourself about Nigerian issues?

chemali:


Civilians living in that place are zombies abi or combatants? Siting the command centre in Maiduguri is a tactical move and it would help end this war early enough.

What is a command centre? Wikipedia defines it as (often called a war room) any place that is used to provide centralized command for some purpose. Moving the command centre to Maiduguri doesn't mean the army HQ has moved. It only means that the war efforts will be coordinated from Maiduguri and not from Abuja.

hotice01:
let's all put an end to all this sentimental political affiliations.
The OP is very correct,this initial move by PMB looks good short term but very bad on the long run.
The best he would have done was to order the CAS to maidugury and not the defence head quarters.By setting up a central control base in Maiduguri.
As a retired military general this is a very bad political and military move.its just for showmanship.
The defence headquarters have to be in the same location,within reach of the GCFR.
if the military cannot handle a small militia like Boko Haram without deploying its might,it gives other countries an in depth knowledge of what our military is made up of.under PMB.
I'm nonpartisan and not politically sentimental.
His first move is a goof,no sane president will undertake such h task especially with the advent of modernized warfare.
All it takes is for Boko Haram to focus its might by whatever means on the new DHQ and our security is gone.
Being a retired military General doesn't alwz translate to military genius, especially when times and methods of warfare has "changed" a lot.
wish PMB a successful tenure. GOD bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria

nonjebose:
The purpose is to cut off all known left over operational base of BH. There is no gain saying that most of their present operations is in that region