INFANTRY EMERGES AS THE BEST CORPS IN NIGERIAN ARMY AT TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND MERIT AWARDS 2022 The Nigerian Army Infantry Corps (Queen of the Battle) shone like a million stars at the just concluded Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Merit Awards 2022 held at Command Officers' Mess 1 in Asokoro Abuja. The Infantry Corps and its officers were outstanding and the highest recipients of awards in various categories. The Commander Infantry Corps Maj Gen VO Ezugwu received the Corps Commendation Award which is also known as the Chief of Training Award as the best overall Corps of Nigerian Army having emerged first position among all the other NA Corps' whose officers performed commendably well at the various promotion examinations that were conducted within Year 2022. Infantry Divisions (1, 6 and 82 Divisions) cleared the first, second and third positions respectively in Combat Readiness. While Brig Gen RS Omolori the Commandant of Amphibious Training School C...

MOGADISHU BATTALION WINS CADET BRIGADE INTER-BATTALION SHOOTING COMPETITION Mogadishu Battalion has emerged winner of the 2022/2023 Cadets Brigade Inter-Battalion Shooting Competition for Army Cadets of 70 Regular Course, which held today 28 January 2023 at the NDA Open Range, Afaka, Kaduna. The battalion scored 271.6 points, beating it's closest rival, Burma Battalion, which had a cumulative score of 264.8 points. This is as Dalet Battalion came in 3rd with 264 points and Abysinnia Battalion occupied the 4th position with a total score of 232.4 points. All four battalions competed across four major practices namely: Physical Effort Shooting, Transition Shooting, Moving Target and Combat Medic Shooting, in addition to Falling Plate shooting. Accordingly, Mogadishu Battalion scored 100 points in the Falling Plate shooting, Burma Battalion 80 points, Dalet 60 points, while Abyssinia Battalion scored 40 points, respectively. The Competition is aimed at testing the abilit...