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The commander-in-chief of the BDF is Mokgweetsi Masisi, the current President of Botswana. Answering to him is Lieutenant General Placid Segokgo. 2012 Botswana Defence Force Change of Command. The various units of the Botswana Ground Force are as follows: 1st Armoured Brigade (Gaborone) 1st Infantry Brigade (mechanised brigade at Gaborone)
BDF soldiers conducting a raid in Mogadishu's Bakaara Market during Operation Restore Hope in 1993. At independence in 1966, Botswana made a decision to not establish a standing military and focus instead on development and poverty alleviation, and instead created a small military police force for internal security, [6] However, cross-border incursions by Rhodesian and South African security ...
Botswana Defence Force XI Football Club is a football club from Botswana based in Mogoditshane and playing home games in Gaborone. It is the club of the Botswana Defence Force, composed mostly of military players. As of 2007, players were eligible to play for the club once they became cadets. [3]
In 2011, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd announced that the Botswana Defence Force had selected the PC-7 MkII turboprop trainer aircraft to replace their Pilatus PC-7 fleet which has been in service since 1990. The contract value is approximately 40 million Swiss francs to procure a fleet of five PC-7 MkII turboprop trainer aircraft, with ground-based ...
Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes Pistols Browning Hi-Power [1]: 9×19mm: Semi-automatic pistol Belgium United States Submachine guns Sten [2]: 9×19mm: Submachine gun United Kingdom
He later served as the Commander of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) from his appointment in 1989, retiring from the position in 1998. During this time, Khama received military honours, including the Founder Officer Medal for being part of the Botswana Defence Force when it was created in 1977, the Duty Code Order for devotion to duty, and the ...
Republic of Botswana Lefatshe la Botswana (Tswana) Flag Coat of arms Motto: Pula "Rain" Anthem: Fatshe leno la rona "Blessed Be This Noble Land" Show globe Show map of Africa Capital and largest city Gaborone Official languages English National language Setswana Ethnic groups (2024) 79% Tswana 11% Kalanga 3% San 7% others [a] Religion (2021) 79.1% Christianity 70.2% Protestantism 8.9% other ...
On 4 November 2020, anti-poaching forces of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) killed four men at Sedudu on the Chobe River at the Botswana–Namibia border. They were brothers Tommy Nchindo, Martin Nchindo and Wamunyima Nchindo, and their cousin Sinvula Munyeme. This caused an international incident between Botswana and Namibia.