The United States military has commenced specialised training for Nigerian troops in unmanned aircraft systems, combat casualty care and other military skills as part of efforts to deepen security cooperation between both countries.
The training is taking place at an Operating Location in Bauchi State under a broader US-Nigeria security cooperation mission focused on improving military capability, operational readiness and long-term partner capacity.
The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) disclosed this in a report on Monday.
According to the report, the training programme covers Combat Lifesaver and Tactical Combat Casualty Care, weapons familiarisation, camouflage, water treatment and testing, explosive ordnance disposal, small-unit tactics and unmanned aircraft systems.
It said the training areas were selected from options provided by US personnel based on their expertise and the needs identified by their Nigerian counterparts.
Capt Gabriel Feingold, a logistics officer with the US Army Southern European Task Force, Africa and operations officer at OL Bauchi, said Nigerian leadership was given a range of training options from which it selected areas considered most beneficial.
AFRICOM said unmanned aircraft systems attracted particular interest from the Nigerian forces, with Sgt Mark Murphy, an intelligence analyst assigned to the 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, training about 10 members of the Nigerian Air Force Special Forces Regiment.
Credit: channelstv.com
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