[PHOTOS] Skills At Arms Competition By Cadets At The Nigerian Defence Academy

Cadets of Mogadishu Battalion have shown proficiency in weapons handling by emerging winners at the just concluded Cadets Brigade Inter – Battalion Skills – At – Arms and Bayonet Fighting Competition, which was organised for cadets of 63 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy.

 Skills – At – Arms and Bayonet Fighting Competition is one of the training events in the Nigerian Defence Academy’s Annual Programme of Events which is aimed at testing the cadets’ skills in weapons handling and their techniques in bayonet fighting. The two day event saw each battalion fielding a total of 15 cadets, out of which 10 cadets represented their battalion in the various events.

The Guest of Honour at the event, the Director of Military Training (DMT), Brigadier General OZ Azinta, while addressing the cadets disclosed that weapon handling is an important skill which every soldier must possess.

He added that the competition is intended to confirm their proficiency in weapons handling and also ensure that all cadets have the basic skills needed to excel as officers. He therefore urged all cadets to practice regularly, even as he advised them to always adhere to all the procedures they have been taught during their stay in the Academy.