The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division Nigerian Army and Land Component Commander Joint Task Force South South Operation DELTA SAFE, Major General Eric Emekah, had declared opened the Division Inter-Brigade Corporal and Below Competition 2025.
It was flagged opened at 6 Battalion Parade Ground, Wellington Bassey Barracks, Ibagwa, on Monday, 7th April, 2025.
Speaking through the Commander 2 Brigade Nigerian Army and Commander Sector 4 Joint Task Force South South Operation DELTA SAFE, Brigadier General Alexander Tawasimi, the GOC Major General Emekah stated that the training activity is aimed at achieving improved combat proficiency of Non-commissioned Officers of the rank of Corporals and below.
In addition, it would enhance their leadership skills, determine their organizational ability and to also put to test their ability to endure under difficult circumstances while maintaining esprit-de-corps among the participating troops.
He emphasized that the importance of such training exercises to troops’ physical and mental fitness cannot be overemphasized, adding that the operational successes the Army has recorded so far in Operation DELTA SAFE could not have been possible if troops were not both mentally and physically fit.
Earlier in his welcome remarks, the Chief of Staff Headquarters 2 Brigade, Colonel Kunle Atilola, thanked the SGOH for allowing 2 Brigade to host the event. He charged participating troops to take the competition very seriously, as every effort they put in would contribute to the collective strength of the armed forces.
The participating formations in the competition would be competing for Drill, Weapon Handling and Shooting, 5km Combat Race, Map Reading, Combat Swimming, and Physical Fitness/Obstacle Crossing.
According to the Acting Assistant Director of Army Public Relations, 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Adebowale Adejimi, in a statement, the 5-day competition is expected to conclude on Friday, 11th April, with participating troops drawn from 2 Brigade Uyo, 16 Brigade Bayelsa, 63 Brigade Delta, and 6 Division Garrison Port Harcourt.
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