Tag Archives: GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES

THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS UNSEEN: WHEN CREDIBILITY FRINGES ON GOSPEL TRUTHS

Posted on September 27, 2012 by beegeagle

‘C12′ and ‘C16′ clearly visible in an array of Otokar Cobra APCs at Jaji Many months ago and without any photos to back up our assertion, Beegeagle mentioned the fact of having swung through the garrison town of Jaji and … Continue reading →

Posted in AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, NIGERIA, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, TERRORISM, Uncategorized, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged Boko Haram, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY DAY CELEBRATIO 2012, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, OTOKAR COBRA APC, TERRORISM | 5 Comments

SPECIAL TASK FORCE COMBINED OPERATIONS

Posted on September 21, 2012 by beegeagle

Red berets of the Nigeria Police Anti Terrorism Squad and soldiers on Special Task Force duties in JOS

Posted in AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOS ETHNORELIGIOUS CONFLICT, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGERIA, NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, SPECIAL TASK FORCE, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged Boko Haram, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, NIGERIA POLICE ANTI TERRORISM SQUAD, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, SPECIAL TASK FORCE - OP SAFE HAVEN, TERRORISM | Leave a comment

NIGERIAN ARMY: COUNTERTERRORISM AND COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS

Posted on September 21, 2012 by beegeagle

Nigerian Army Quick Response Group at Lokoja Security checks at a military cantonment in northern Nigeria A Toyota 4WD and an Isuzu 3-ton gun-truck of the Nigerian Army in central Nigeria A Toyota 4WD and an Isuzu gun-truck

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boko Haram, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE - OPERATION RESTORE ORDER, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, TERRORISM | 7 Comments

HANGING OUT WITH ECOMOG VETERANS PT.II – A FOOT SOLDIER’S STORY.

Posted on August 31, 2012 by beegeagle

Photo: AFP Sometime last year, BEEG EAGLE’S BLOG published details of narratives given by commissioned officers of the Nigerian Army who participated in the West African ECOMOG military interventions in the Liberian and Sierra Leonean Civil Wars. The narratives were … Continue reading →

Posted in AFRICA, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS, POLITICS, SIERRA LEONE, TERRORISM, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE, VETERANS AFFAIRS, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged DEFENCE & SECURITY, DEFENCE NEWS AND REPORTS, ECOMOG, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, LIBERIAN CIVIL WAR, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, PEACE ENFORCEMENT, SIERRA LEONEAN CIVIL WAR, WAR STORIES | 10 Comments

CHINESE RESEARCH VESSEL ‘DAYANG YIHAO’ IN NIGERIA ON 9-DAY JOINT MARITIME OCEANOGRAPHIC MISSION

Posted on August 23, 2012 by beegeagle

Posted in AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, BORDER SECURITY, CHINA-AFRICA RELATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, GULF OF GUINEA, JOINT(MILITARY)TASK FORCE IN THE NIGER DELTA, MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION-WEST, DEFENCE & SECURITY, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, GULF OF GUINEA, MARITIME SECURITY, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE RESEARCH | 8 Comments

NIGERIAN JOINT MILITARY/SECURITY OPERATIONS: COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTERINSURGENCY DUTIES

Posted on August 22, 2012 by beegeagle

Soldier of the 1 Mechanised Division’s 3 Motorised Brigade does his duty in Kano JSTF combined forces – soldier(l), MOPOL(c) and seaman(r) search a vehicle at Maiduguri Soldiers of the 3 Motorised Brigade in Kano Amphibious Forces of the JTF … Continue reading →

Posted in AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, SPECIAL TASK FORCE, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged Boko Haram, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE NEWS AND REPORTS, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE - OPERATION RESTORE ORDER, NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, TERRORISM | 6 Comments

THE NIGERIAN MILITARY’S UNKNOWN JUMBO HAUL OF RIVER GUNBOATS

Posted on August 21, 2012 by beegeagle

RIVERLINE WARFARE COMBATANTS GALORE!!! A few years ago, Nigeria made a requisition for 200 river gunboats from the USA. This, according to information put out in the public domain at that time, was to enable the Nigerian military stay on … Continue reading →

Posted in AFRICA, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE INDUSTRIES & PRODUCTION, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, MILITARY EXERCISES, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGER DELTA CONFLICT, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, OIL & GAS, POLITICS, RISK ANALYSIS, TERRORISM, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE, VETERANS AFFAIRS, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged AMPHIBIOUS FORCES OPERATIONS, DEFENCE & SECURITY, DEFENCE NEWS AND REPORTS, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, JOINT TASK FORCE IN THE NIGER DELTA, LITTORAL WARFARE BOATS, MANTA ASD LITTORAL INTERCEPTOR BOATS, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY HARDWARE PHOTOS, MILITARY PHOTOS, NC 27 TACTICAL INSERTION AND DEPLOYMENT CRAFT, NIGER DELTA CONFLICT, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN ARMY AMPHIBIOUS FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HARDWARE ACQUISITIONS, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, NIGERIAN NAVY SPECIAL BOAT SERVICE COMMANDOS, OIL AND GAS, RBS DEFENDER BOATS, RIGID HULL INFLATABLE BOATS, RISK ANALYSIS, SHALDAG MK.II FAST PATROL CRAFT, SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES KINETICS, SPECIAL BOAT SERVICE(SBS), STINGRAY PATROL VESSELS, STRATEGIC MARINE SHIPYARDS, SUNCRAFT SCORPION MK.II PATROL BOAT, SUNCRAFT SEA EAGLE OFFSHORE PATROL CRAFT, X38 COMBAT CATAMARAN | 16 Comments

P175 AND P176: TWO OF THE TRIAD OF 24 METRE FRENCH-BUILT OCEA PATROL CRAFT..COMING TO THE NIGERIAN NAVY, JUNE 2012

Posted on August 20, 2012 by beegeagle

P175, an OCEA 24 metre patrol craft constructed for the Nigerian Navy, slated for delivery any moment now P176,another OCEA 24 metre patrol craft constructed for the Nigerian Navy, slated for delivery any moment now Rear view of the OCEA … Continue reading →

Posted in AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, BORDER SECURITY, BUNKERING, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE INDUSTRIES & PRODUCTION, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, GULF OF GUINEA, JOINT(MILITARY)TASK FORCE IN THE NIGER DELTA, MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGER DELTA CONFLICT, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, PIRACY, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, TERRORISM, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, JOINT TASK FORCE - OPERATION PULO SHIELD, MARITIME SECURITY, MILITARY HARDWARE PROCUREMENT, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVAL ACQUISITIONS, OCEA 24 METRE COASTAL PATROL CRAFT, PIRACY, TERRORISM | 5 Comments

PREVIEW OF POLICE+INTELLIGENCE SERVICES FY 2012 PROCUREMENT: FG TO SPEND US$438.5 MILLION ON HARDWARE; POLICE BUDGET IS US$1.985 BILLION

Posted on August 7, 2012 by beegeagle

DAILY TRUST 19 December 2011 Abuja The Federal Government’s jumbo budget for the Security sector is to be partly used to buy advanced weapons and security gadgets, including armoured tanks, bomb detectors, cellphone tracking system, and arms and ammunition, according … Continue reading →

Posted in AFRICA, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, BORDER SECURITY, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE INDUSTRIES & PRODUCTION, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, MILITARY HARDWARE, NIGERIA, NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, TERRORISM, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged Boko Haram, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE BUDGET 2012, DEFENCE NEWS AND REPORTS, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE - OPERATION RESTORE ORDER, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, SECURITY BUDGET 2012, TERRORISM | 27 Comments

NIGERIAN ARMY QUICK RESPONSE GROUP:COUNTERTERRORISM+COUNTERINSURGY OPS

Posted on August 4, 2012 by beegeagle

Men of the CTCOIN Quick Response Group near a strategic national asset at Lokoja