U.S. Marines, Uganda increase engineering, logistical capabilities for defense force
U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, train members of the Uganda People’s Defense Force on Mine-Resistant, Ambushed-Protected Vehicles, or MRAPs, at Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 3, 2015. Marines and sailors with SPMAGTF-CR-AF are training with the UPDF to increase engineering and logistical capabilities while strengthening the bonds between the partner countries.

U.S. Marines, Uganda increase engineering, logistical capabilities for defense force
U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, train members of the Uganda People’s Defense Force on Mine-Resistant, Ambushed-Protected Vehicles, or MRAPs, at Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 3, 2015. Marines and sailors with SPMAGTF-CR-AF are training with the UPDF to increase engineering and logistical capabilities while strengthening the bonds between the partner countries.

U.S. Marines, Uganda increase engineering, logistical capabilities for defense force
U.S. Marine Sgt. Sean O’Hair, a combat engineer with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, helps a member of the Uganda People’s Defense Force through an improvised explosive device awareness exercise at Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 3, 2015. Marines and sailors with SPMAGTF-CR-AF are training with the UPDF to increase engineering and logistical capabilities while strengthening the bonds between the partner counties.

U.S. Marines, Uganda increase engineering, logistical capabilities for defense force
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Evan Crowgey, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, explains how some obvious improvised explosive devices are used as a diversion during an IED awareness exercise with members of the Uganda People’s Defense Force Camp Singo, Uganda, Nov. 3, 2015. Marines and sailors with SPMAGTF-CR-AF are training with the UPDF to increase engineering and logistical capabilities while strengthening the bonds between the partner counties.

Henry240:


Sure we are, all the photos of Nigeria's participation in the 2015 edition of this exercise are in this thread. Unfortunately there isn't quite as much media coverage this year.

denisfidha:
Throw back, a year ago when violence broke out in S.Sudan. KAF evacuating Kenyan nationals from s.sudan

Henry240:
MUNISMA

Nigerian Police Mali

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Tukur Buratai, has disclosed that the army will embark on an ambitious expansion programme to address the manpower needs of the force to respond appropriately to contemporary threats to national security.

To this effect, Buratai said the army planned to increase its personnel strength from its present 100,000 to slightly above 200,000 in the next eight years.

The COAS, while delivering a lecture titled: ‘Nigerian Army: Challenges and Future Perspectives,’ at the National Defence College (NDC), Abuja, added that 12,000 personnel would be recruited in 2016 alone to fill the vacancies created as a result of the new establishments in the army.

africaken:
so your planning to double your armed forces personnel's

Nigerian Army to Increase Personnel Strength to 200,000

read more http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigerian-army-to-increase-personnel-strength-to-200-000/230288/

iblawi:


Over the next eight years.

africaken:
with 12,000 this year so start exercising

africaken:
so your planning to double your armed forces personnel's

Nigerian Army to Increase Personnel Strength to 200,000

read more http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigerian-army-to-increase-personnel-strength-to-200-000/230288/

Senegalese and Italian Soldiers practice basic marsksmanship skills in Podor, Senegal Feb. 10 during Flintlock16.

Senegalese and U.S. Army Soldiers conduct tactical training during Flintlock16 in Thies, Senegal. Flintlock is focused on security, counter-terrorism, and military humanitarian support to outlying areas

rugged7:
Cameroon loses special forces commander in joint raid with Nigerian troops on Boko Haram in border regions Goshi Yobe state

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-11/cameroon-elite-military-commander-killed-in-boko-haram-clashes

rugged7:
US resumes training of Nigerian troops for anti-terror war

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/198338-us-resumes-training-nigerian-troops-anti-terror-war.html

agaugust:



If it was a Nigerian SF officer that was killed, the möröns of Cameroon will go all over news media and blogs calling Nigerian army incompetent for the fact that Boko Haram could kill an army special forces officer. Africa is full of möröns.

rugged7:
Cameroon loses special forces commander in joint raid with Nigerian troops on Boko Haram in border regions Goshi Yobe state

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-11/cameroon-elite-military-commander-killed-in-boko-haram-clashes

rugged7:
What actual fighting have italian soldiers done to be in any position to train anybody

Neocolonial crap shoot

Infact, has any of these western armies actually won in any counterinsurgency war?

Afghanistan. Iraq. Syria. Lybia.Yemen. etc

africaken:
counter insurgency isn't a football match as politicians assume results can be achieved within a month,western armed forces are the most elitist when it comes to counter-insurgency .they have turn it into a science.most african armed forces are in such poor state to engage in counter insurgency,that i fear the future looks terrible .if we dont reverse state of militaries .the islamic jihadist insurgency is another beast ,can't compare with local rebellions we are used to.if elite african soldiers can't deal with terrorist who have barricaded themselves in a building to hours,there is a problem

rugged7:


You don't get my point.
NONE of these western countries have ever been successful in counterinsurgency wars whether you think they have turned it into a science or not.

My point is that we should be working and training with people who have actually been successful in counterinsurgency-
Like Russia in chechnya
Algeria
Sri lanka
etc

This is not about Close Quarters Battle training in enclosed spaces

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIC2lI2Exys

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ISktkFAnVo

africaken:
to this day in chechya from road side bombs,assasinations,ambushes are still happening ,the same in algeria ,troops are ambushed just several kilometers from Algiers capital http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33583615.the only reason they may look as successful is the policies carried by security agencies like extra judicial killings,torture,detentions,disappearance e.t.c with the approval of the government.

this is what russians do when terrorists barricade themselves in a building,they never leave the building standing

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIC2lI2Exys

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ISktkFAnVo

rugged7:
What actual fighting have italian soldiers done to be in any position to train anybody

Neocolonial crap shoot

Infact, has any of these western armies actually won in any counterinsurgency war?

Afghanistan. Iraq. Syria. Lybia.Yemen. etc

rugged7:




This is not about Close Quarters Battle training in enclosed spaces

rugged7:
I see you conveniently left out sri lanka in your analysis.

No matter how you look at it, srilanka, russia and algeria have been far more successful in counterinsurgency than ANY western military...FACT

Thatz my last word on the matter. You are free to believe what you want.

patches689:


If you consult the pic Afrikan posted,

The Italians are running training in basic soldiering.

Trust me, COIN training does not involve a course on how to hit a target that is 10m away