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Soldiers are snapped playing volleyball, parachuting, and sleeping after exhausting operations in candid behind-the-scenes photos of life in the British Army.
Winning pictures in the army s annual photographic contest show the complex and diverse characters which make up the armed forces.
This year there were a record number of 946 still imagery submissions and 116 video packages in the competition, which is open to professional Army photographers, as well as regular and reserve personnel, cadet staff, MOD civilians.
Highly commended photo of squaddies playing volleyball in Kabul whilst deployed on Opertation Toral, giving glimpse into soldier life while off duty
Runner up photogrph of The Welsh Guards providing assistnt on a training exercise with students from Oxford university Officer Training Corp
Loses six personnel, rescues 642 from kidnappers
The army has neutralised 220 suspected bandits, but lost six of its personnel, including two officers, since Operation Sahel Sanity commenced operation in July 2020. x
According to the military, the troops also rescued 642 kidnap victims – including the 344 students of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara – during the period under review.
Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known while briefing newsmen on the activities of the operation, at the Nigeria Army Super Camp IV, Faskari, yesterday.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, launched Operation Sahel Sanity on July 6, 2020, to combat banditry and other forms of criminality in the North West as well as Niger State.
The system is designed to be towed behind a tracked all-terrain vehicle.
The sled can carry Marines, cargo, or even an M240 machine gun.
The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (RNLMC) that
other Marine Corps you rarely hear about just might have the most heavily armed snow sled in the world.
The RNLMC, which trains to fight in the harshest conditions around the world, now carries a snow sled capable of packing a machine gun in its arsenal. The sled will be used for the first time during upcoming NATO exercises in Norway.
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Imo police deploy 3,500 officers to beef up security during Yuletide
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The Imo Police Command says it has deployed 3,500 police officers across the state to help maintain adequate peace and security during the Yuletide.
The Commissioner of Police, Isaac Akinmoyede, said this on Friday, while parading murder suspect.
Akinmoyede said that the suspect was arrested at Umuanunu Obinze in Owerri North Local Government Area.
He was paraded along with 13 other suspects arrested in connection with armed robbery, kidnapping and cultism.
The police boss said the suspect belonged to a robbery gang led by the notorious Donwani, who was reportedly killed in Rivers recently.