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British Military Trains 701 NAF Personnnel
on Combat Offensive
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has inaugurated the Force
Protection in Complex Air Ground Environment Course (FP-CAGE Cse)
7/2018 aimed at equipping NAF personnel with necessary skills to
tackle asymmetric and dynamic security challenges in the
country.
The inauguration of the Course, comprising 701 participants,
took place yesterday, 6 November 2018, at the Regiment Training
Centre (RTC), NAF Base Kaduna. Speaking during the event, the Chief
of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who was
represented by the Air Officer Commanding Ground Training Command,
Air Vice Marshal Idi Amin, expressed profound appreciation to the
British Military Advisory Training Team (BMATT) for its
contributions and commitment in ensuring that the RTC remains a
centre of excellence.
Air Marshal Abubakar charged the students to remain dedicated,
focused and disciplined throughout the Course to enable them get
the best from the Instructors’ wealth of knowledge and experience.
He also expressed his immense appreciation to the President and
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, for his support towards ensuring that
the NAF is better equipped to fulfill its statutory
responsibilities. The CAS reiterated NAF’s commitment to ensuring
the security of lives and property of Nigerians and upholding
democratic ideals for the progress and collective prosperity of the
nation.
Earlier in his welcome remarks, the Commandant RTC, Wing
Commander Steven Sekegor, stated that the one-month Course would
incorporate drills in a complete array of both combat and
non-combat scenarios in offensive and defensive operations, enabled
by information superiority. He said it had been deliberately
structured to be very intensive to make it effective and efficient
in training personnel to meet the ever changing complexities of
military operations during war and peace time, while also
furnishing them with the requisite skills and competencies to
effectively carry out their duties of securing NAF assets for
sustained operations. The RTC, in partnership with BMATT, has
ensured that modern training techniques are incorporated in the
FP-CAGE curriculum to meet the asymmetric and dynamic challenges
confronting the nation. The Centre has so far trained 2,208
personnel in FP-CAGE.
IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force