jln115:
Decided to watch the Hurt Locker today, last time i saw it was about 6 years ago, And in the first 50 seconds of the movie I see US Soldiers jumping out of this truly American APC:

Hahahahahaha.

Oh.. I thought it was south african

Henry120:


My thoughts exactly, I knew it was a modified Ratel. Speaking of the Jordanians, they pretty much have built a decent defence industry for themselves. They are also building the Mbombe IFV in Jordan at a cost of 1 million a piece.

I don't really know much about the Jordanian defence industry, yet it seems like they still rely quite a bit on US and British equipment, but as i said before i dont know much on this subject.

stillchris:


Hahahahahaha.

Oh.. I thought it was south african

hahahahaha Well South African built at least! It belongs to the Royal Jordanian army, they have about 340 Ratels in service there!

Centrifude:


I don't wana sound dumb, but what's the purpose of all those laptops? What are you guys using them for?

There's a whole bank of them; what you see in the photos is just my section.

It's the Chaka Command and Control system Centrifude, integrated with Impi Blue Force Tracker.

Essentially the whole "battlefield" is on there, as well as every single vehicle, every exercise scenario and every mission, right down to field kitchens. It means higher has eyes on every single detail of the exercise in the field C&C HQ. The guys at JOps in Pretoria also see the same thing.

frumentius:


There's a whole bank of them; what you see in the photos is just my section.

It's the Chaka Command and Control system Centrifude, integrated with Impi Blue Force Tracker.

Essentially the whole "battlefield" is on there, as well as every single vehicle, every exercise scenario and every mission, right down to field kitchens. It means higher has eyes on every single detail of the exercise in the field C&C HQ. The guys at JOps in Pretoria also see the same thing.

There are days when I sit behind my desk and wish I could just trade jobs for a week after reading some of your posts, like the one above.

Kenya CDF and accompanying delegation, currently visiting the Jordan signed a deal on defence industry and technical cooperation and an agreement on collaboration on counter-terrorism.


pic- Kenya CDF Gen. Mwathethe with Jordanian King Abdullah, 2nd August 2015

Nigeria

A first for Kenya and for women.......

Colonel Fatumah Ahmed was yesterday apointed to the rank of Brigadier.
Brig Ahmed is thus the highest-ranking military woman in Kenyan post-Independence history. - See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/brig-ahmed-will-be-important-role-mode#sthash.XYXsDebq.dpuf

Some of the notable appointments in the course of her 32 years of service include:

Battalion Second in Command (BN 2IC)
Staff Officer II Audit Personnel and Records
Staff Officer I Personnel and Administration
Colonel Personnel at the Kenya Air Force Headquarters and
And Now---Managing Director, Defence Forces Medical Insurance Scheme

Brigadier Ahmed is a graduate of the National Defence College, one of the Military Centers of Excellence, an affiliate of the University of Nairobi – Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies. She is also an alumni of the Defence Staff College where she graduated in July 2000, in addition she holds a Diploma in Management from Strathmore University College.

lionel4power:
Nigeria

This picture triggers my OCD

Kdf in Somalia coast

Centrifude:


I don't wana sound dumb, but what's the purpose of all those laptops? What are you guys using them for?

In a place where people work with computers, it is not surprising to have computers at every desk.
Those desks don't look like permanent offices, therefor it is best to use laptops there than desktops.
It is just the same as when you go to some computer science classes.
See that place as a makeshift cyber café.

some prize picks from Ex young eagle

Thanx to Frum for sourcing it

contd

(dat tactical bible)

denisfidha:
Kenya CDF and accompanying delegation, currently visiting the Jordan signed a deal on defence industry and technical cooperation and an agreement on collaboration on counter-terrorism.


pic- Kenya CDF Gen. Mwathethe with Jordanian King Abdullah, 2nd August 2015

are we going to buy some more Jordanian discarded F-5 relics !

i have seen on twitter screen grab photos of the recent released alshabaab propaganda video,where some of the photos show parts of wreckage of our F-5 jet ,the pilot I.D's and alshabaab claim to still have the body of the kenyan pilot .i hope the KDF will be able to bring back home this hero

A uganda soldier manning a W-85 heavy machine gun

what is this i am hearing that american helicopters sold to nigeria, one has arrived ?

africaken:
what is this i am hearing that american helicopters sold to nigeria, one has arrived ?

Any source?

Henry120:


Any source?

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Henry120:


Any source?

alittle bird told me basically i dont have actual proof

africaken:
what is this i am hearing that american helicopters sold to nigeria, one has arrived ?

bros i'm sure u are dreaming. Oga Henry I dey enter pray for dat vision na bad vision.


american hardware in Nigeria!
did is disaster waiting to happen

giles14:
bros i'm sure u are dreaming. Oga Henry I dey enter pray for dat vision na bad vision.


american hardware in Nigeria!
did is disaster waiting to happen

8 helicopters is what was said

africaken:
8 helicopters is what was said

Ok,
but is it
AH CH OH or MH class choppers

Nigeria COIN

Comms man

giles14:
Ok,
but is it
AH CH OH or MH class choppers

can't confirm that , i am 90% sure .Henry 120: be resourceful

Henry nice job with this thread. It's been part of my daily ritual for months now, to other contributors eg patches, Mike , Giles , africken etc thanks Guys

africaken:
can't confirm that , i am 90% sure .Henry 120: be resourceful

There is no evidence we are receiving American attack Helicopters for COIN, excerpt they are surveillance assets like the King Air.

If actually Nigerian leaders went ahead and purchased American Attack Helicopters despite American complicity in Nigeria's COIN efforts, then Nigerian leaders and Africans in general really have a long way to go, and would continue to be enslaved by western governments.


Until there is evidence, there is no prove that Nigeria is getting American Helicopters for COIN.

Henry120:


There is no evidence we are receiving American attack Helicopters for COIN, excerpt they are surveillance assets like the King Air.

If actually Nigerian leaders went ahead and purchased American Attack Helicopters despite American complicity in Nigeria's COIN efforts, then Nigerian leaders and Africans in general really have a long way to go, and would continue to be enslaved by western governments.


Until there is evidence, there is no prove that Nigeria is getting American Helicopters for COIN.

I even read from a defense blog on my twitter that an american legislator that what nigeria needs is COIN training not hardwares or military training .

SSTEP only spent 60 days training the 72 mobile strike force and there was a giant strife in the way they handle COIN operations, to me I say to hell with the western training and there military hardwares afterall we are paying for them not that they will be dashing us !

dalumoat:
Henry nice job with this thread. It's been part of my daily ritual for months now, to other contributors eg patches, Mike , Giles , africken etc thanks Guys

There are also the Namibian contributors ( Gottfried21 and ViceAdmiral), the Kenyan Contributors ( Denisfdha and Africaken), our occassional Ghanian contributors who pop in once in a while, the South-Africans (Patches689, Andrewza, Jln115, Mikeczar, Frumentius, Centrifude, Dictatorzar who only views but never contributes ), and of-course the Nigerian Contibutors ( my humble self, bidexiii, Fynline, overhypedsteve, Nighttwalker, Stillchris, Ibnsultan, Giles14, and many others who have contributed).


If this thread is your daily ritual, I'm addicted to it!

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