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Personnel corps, in the Nigerian Army (NA), are groupings of related military occupations. The Nigerian Army is functionally organized into combat arms and combat support arms. [1] [2] There are 17 Corps Training Schools that support these corps. [3]
The forces consist of three service branches: the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, and Nigerian Air Force. The President of Nigeria functions as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, exercising his constitutional authority through the Ministry of Defence, which is responsible for the management of the military and its personnel.
The Nigerian Army traces its history to Lieutenant John Hawley Glover's Constabulary Force, which was largely composed of freed Hausa slaves in 1863. [6] The Constabulary Force was established with the primary goal of protecting the Royal Niger Company and its assets from constant military incursions by the neighboring Ashanti Empire. [7]
TRADOC was formed in 1981 under the leadership of Major General Geoffrey Obiaje Ejiga, [3] and currently supervises all the Army's schools, as well as an army depot. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Before the establishment of the Nigerian Army Resources Centre (NARC) in 2015, TRADOC also served as a liaison centre for the Army.
Name Photo Type Country of origin Notes Handguns; Beretta 92 [1]: Semi-automatic pistol Italy Beretta M1951 [2]: Semi-automatic pistol Italy Browning Hi-Power: Semi-automatic pistol
The Nigerian Army School of Infantry (NASI) is a unit of the corps, responsible for the basic training and advanced training of soldiers and officers joining the infantry. It is part of the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The School of Infantry's Nature Conservation Education Centre.
The 81st (Amphibious) Division is a one of two combined infantry division unit of the Nigerian Army (NA), which specialized in amphibious warfare, combined arms, coastal defence, desert and jungle warfare, manuver warfare, providing security at ports or shore stations, and reconnaissance. This unit actives since 2002.
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