Visionary Reports

They have been empowered to Face the challenges of the time

 Of recent there has been a lot of security threats as a result of the ongoing Anglophone crisis in the North West and South West Region, Boko Haram insurgence in the far north is also a bone of contention. Members of the non-state armed groups have developed new ways to produce explosives so as to cause more harm on both the population and the military. With this growing threats, the Cameroon military is also mapping out strategizes to combat the use of explosives.

 In effect a contingent of 1008 military men and women who undertook a one month training course in combat against improvised explosive devices, came to the end of their training on April 30, 2021. The one month programme that was design at equipping the soldiers with new strategizes in detecting  and neutralizing explosives,  also saw them been trained as trainers who will in the days ahead train other elements.

 During the handing over of certificate ceremony that took place at the 21^st Military engineering specialized Centre in Douala the combatants demonstrated their know how and promised to defend the colours of the country where ever they go.

Presided at by the Director of the Military Engineering corpse Colonel Jackson Kamgain, the event was strict to military rules and regulations.

 According to the  Director of  Training / Engineering at the military training school in Douala, Major Mbou Fokem Celestin, it was high time the  Cameroon military re -strategized  so as to face  the new threats. He added that the training also upgraded the skills of the elements on how to detect and neutralizes explosives. He said all those who graduated were fit for combats that have explosives threats.

He added that they will also act as trainers in the future. Major Mbou Fokem Celestin revealed that out of the 1008 elements who went in for the training 997 successfully completed. While adding that the others dropped due to ill health.  Infantry Non -Commissioned Officer Dubila Jaff Francis acknowledged that the training was intensive and very educative as he has leant new strategizes on how to identify and neutralizes explosives before the enemy explodes them. For him he was armed for the filed.

By GINA ESONG