Tag: training

After winning a five-year contract to provide the British Army with training services in Kenya, Ravenswood has been awarded additional contracts to support live...

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution transforms simulation and training technologies, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is joining forces next week with the...

The evolving threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as a weapon of choice for terrorists saw AMISOM, soon to become ATMIS (AU Transition Mission...

According to Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise, Cuba is “the only country that opened its training opportunities in bigger numbers to the...

That training in a number of military and other disciplines available in Cuba is highly rated by those in overall command of national defence...

Part of the mandate the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has is assisting local security forces in stepping up...

AMISOM, the AU mission in Somalia, wrapped up a two-day training on International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights and Gender for AMISOM, Somalia National Army...

Military training programmes in the national defence force are not affected by the coronavirus pandemic and continue “as usual,” according to Deputy Defence and...

South African Airways (SAA) will provide a year’s training for up to 1 000 employees, revisions to its restructuring plan show, in a concession...

The only SA Air Force (SAAF) helicopter squadron on the east coast – 15 in Durban – recently provided airborne platforms for...

A further module has been added to the training provided by EU NavFor Med's Operation Sophia for the Libyan coastguard. The training package,...

Boeing was selected to build the US Air Force's next training jet in a contract worth up to $9.2 billion over the...

The latest fruits of the Cuba/South Africa military bilateral co-operation agreement come in the form of 33 SA National Defence Force (SANDF)...

Fresh from recent dry-docking in East London, the newly refurbished SA Agulhas sailed out of Port Elizabeth harbour this week on a...

The governments of Zimbabwe and Belarus have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Belarussian police force for training and equipping...

Somalia disbanded a United Arab Emirates programme to train troops in a fresh sign that a dispute in the Gulf involving Qatar...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will train Somaliland security forces as part of a deal to establish a military base in the...

The European Union wants to rapidly expand training of the Libyan coastguard to stem migrant flows to Italy and reduce deaths at...

The Algerian Navy has received the El Mellah vessel from Poland, which will be used to train naval personnel. The vessel arrived in...

The Nigerian army will carry out training exercises in the restive southern Niger Delta, where attacks on oil installations last year cut...

While the dictum of 40:30:30 spending regarding personnel, operating costs and capital renewal is not cast in stone, the SA National Defence...

Capacity and capability toward improving preparedness for the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) regional peacekeeping training centre (RPTC) in Botswana has been...

The United States said it would maintain training for east and central African regional forces to prevent warlord Joseph Kony's rebels from...

5 SA Infantry Battalion is currently honing its jungle warfare skills ahead of deploying to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as...

A Philippine nurse held by Islamic State in Sirte said on Monday she and her colleagues had been forced to treat militants...

NATO said on Thursday it received a new and detailed request from Libya's UN-backed government to train and develop its military, depleted...

The United Nations-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) says it will soon send the first group of Libyan helicopter and unmanned...

Training Libya's coastguard to stop people smugglers and rescue boat migrants could help save lives and avoid incidents in which Libyan officials...

Soldiers from A (Norfolk) Company, 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, are on a four month deployment in Africa. The presence of ...

France plans to invest 42 million euros ($47 million) to help countries of Africa's Sahel region prepare to face jihadist attacks similar...

The SA National Defence Force's (SANDF) just about to be taken into service parachute training simulation system at 44 Parachute Regiment in...

Law enforcement and peace officer (LEPO) training for the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) fisheries management branch is underway thanks...

Consider the typical tank used in combat. Tanks are a key component of modern ground warfare, but their use comes at a...

As part of preparation for continental peace support deployments, SA Army infantry units undergo specialist jungle training at a thickly forested location...

Ten Nigerian Air Force officers are to be sent to South Africa on a one-year training course for pilots, the Nigerian Air...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has shortened its Basic Training Learning Programme (BTLP) from 24 months to an intensive eight months. The...

The financially strapped SA Air Force (SAAF) is further extending its foreign training commitments with Russia being the latest addition. A report has...

Thirty-four Libyan Air Force (LAF) aircraft engineers and technicians have graduated and returned to service after completing a 26 month-long basic training...

Cuban/South African military co-operation has ratcheted up another notch since the start of this month with 24 SA Air Force (SAAF) members...

The use of simulation as a cost-effective training aid in the landward arm of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is moving...

The United States said it would train Liberia's security forces to assist in isolation operations to tackle the Ebola epidemic ravaging the...

The open water was rough, but so were the commandos. The boats were rigid, but so was their desire to complete the...

With support from regionally aligned forces from the Second Brigade of the First Infantry Division bases in Fort Riley, Kansas, US Army...

Ongoing and generous assistance from Germany, via its Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), will see cost savings for soldiers and officers attending...

Since the fall of the Gaddafi regime and the foreign military intervention in the country, the need to rebuild security through a...

The U.S. military is working on plans to train 5,000 to 7,000 members of the Libyan security forces and also special operations...

Exercise Seboka, the annual single largest force preparation effort by the South African military machine, is underway at the SA Army Combat...

NATO's counter-piracy Operation Ocean Shield flagship HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen has hosted seaborne training for students of the East African Standby Force (EASF)...

Three "train the trainers" courses at the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) regional peacekeeping training centre (RPTC) are underway, forming part of...

Starting on Thursday, the Nigerian Navy will be hosting the combined Exercise African Winds, a programme of the Africa Partnership Station (APS)...