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Development of Namibia's army was the fastest of the three arms of service. The first units of the Army were deployed as early as 1990. The Army was formed when the two former enemies South West African Territorial Force and the People's Liberation Army of Namibia were inducted after Namibia's independence into the newly created Namibian Defence Force.
The Chief of Defence Force is a singular appointment that comes with an elevation to the rank of lieutenant general for an Army officer, air marshal for an Air Force officer and vice admiral for a Navy officer. Arms of services commanders i.e. Army, Air Force and Navy commanders, have a rank of major general, air vice marshal and rear admiral.
Army Commander: Third Army Commander: 1990–2011 MAJ GEN: Tomas Hamunyela: Army Commander: Firth Army Commander: 1990–2017 MAJ GEN: Nestor Shali Shalauda: Army Commander: Sixth Army Commander: 1990–2019 MAJ GEN: Matheus Alueendo: Army Commander: Seventh Army Commander: 1990-currently MAJ GEN: Aktofel Nambahu: Army Commander: Eighth Army ...
Air Defence Brigade (Namibia) Army Battle School (Namibia) B. List of bases of the Namibian Air Force; D. Defence Health Services (Namibia) Defence Inspectorate (Namibia)
The Military ranks of Namibia are the military insignia used by the Namibian Defence Force. ... Namibian Army [1. No insignia: Warrant officer class 1: Warrant ...
SWAPO's military wing was founded as the South West Africa Liberation Army (SWALA) in 1962. [8] [10] On 12 June 1968, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution which proclaimed that, in accordance with the desires of its people, South West Africa be renamed "Namibia". [19]
Engineer Regiment colloquially known as "The Sappers", is the Engineer arm of the Namibian Army based at Otavi. It is an independent regiment that functions as the Army's Engineer Corps and hosts all the engineer squadrons of the Army. It was founded in 1991 as the engineer company, [2] later it was upgraded into the Engineer regiment. [3]
Signal Regiment is an independent regiment of the Namibian Army based at Windhoek. It functions as the Army's Signals Formation and hosts all the signals squadrons of the Army. It was founded in 1991 as the signal company, later it was upgraded into the Signal regiment in November 1998. [1]