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RAF Force Protection complete short term training team programme in Nigeria

Air January 13, 2020

RAF Force Protection staff have completed a short term training team exercise in Nigeria teaching specialist skills. The Royal Air Force Police and the Royal Air Force Regiment formed a short term training team which taught specialist skills in Nigeria. RAF Force Protection deployed a short term training team in Nigeria ...

Somali army personnel graduate from UK training programme

Land September 10, 2019

Servicemen and women from the Somali National army graduated from a training scheme developed by the UK in Baidoa. A UK training programme was set up in Baidoa in Somalia to improve security in the region. The Somali National Army saw 98 soldiers graduate from the training in the state capital. The ...

Royal Marines share amphibious skills training with Ugandan Forces

Maritime August 12, 2019

Assault group Marines have been sharing amphibious skills with forces in Uganda to help them conduct searches of vessels and work on beaches. Plymouth-based 1 Assault Group Marines (1AGRM) has been working in Uganda training personnel in amphibious skills as a Short-Term Training Team. The training comes on behalf of the ...

UK to send troops to Mali for UN peacekeeping

Land July 30, 2019

The UK will send troops to Mali as part of UN peacekeeping operations to improve stability in the Sahel region. The UK will send troops to the region in 2020 as part of UN peacekeeping efforts to establish stability in Eastern Mali. Around 250 troops will be deployed for an initial ...