NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES SET TO PARTNER WITH CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD ON MILITARY INNOVATIONS
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has expressed the readiness of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) to consolidate on the existing strategic partnership with the California National Guards (CNG).
The CDS said this on Tuesday during the visit of the Adjutant General of California National Guard, Major General David Baldwin to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja.
Gen Irabor also expressed his appreciation to the United States Government and her military for showing interest in the issues relating to Nigeria, noting that overall national disposition is partly towards the AFN strategic engagements.
He pointed out that sustainable peace in Nigeria, Africa and the world at large would be addressed with these interventions. He expressed delight that the CNG has made significant impacts in relations to the terms of partnership agreement.
The Adjutant General of California National Guard, Major General David S. Baldwin, earlier in his remarks , said he was ready to expand the partnership which began in 2008. He also noted that the CNG intends to expand what he described as joint arena in air and ground integration for the benefits of both Services.
He said the CNG and the AFN would share their common experience on human capacity development. He said there were discussions of trainings on air and ground integration, communication, training on military intelligence, military justice system and enhancement of Judge Advocacy training for legal officers.
There were also discussions on military decision making process, with emphasis on training the trainers to enhance the capacity of subordinates on tactical and operational responsibilities, training of personnel on cyber warfare, including cyber defence, cyber hygiene and protection of own network, space project, defence transformation innovation and information warfare were also considered during the visit.
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