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The school traces its roots back to the Namibian Liberation struggle when the forerunner to today's military school was established in late 1979 as the "SWA Military School" by the South West African Territorial Force during the South African administration of Namibia. [1] The school is the primary training unit of the force.
Junior Division. Junior Staff Course; This course is offered to junior officers and the course curriculum is set up into two terms, the first terms focuses on history and Namibian heritage, organization, the role of the Namibian Defence Force, staff duties, logistics, command and control, leadership, geo political studies, law of armed conflict [5] and Industrial visits. [6]
The main roles of the Namibian Defence Force are to ensure the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country by guarding against external aggression, both conventional and unconventional; prevent violation of Namibia's territorial integrity; and provide assistance to civil authorities in guarding and protecting government buildings and key installations as provided in the Defence Act.
SAS Spioenkop (F147) is the third of four Valour-class frigates for the South African Navy built by the European South African Corvette Consortium. [2] She was named by Ms Thandi Modise, the then Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence, in Hamburg, Germany, on 4 June 2003.
Apart from formulating Namibia's defence policies the Ministry of Defence is the headquarters for the Namibian Defence Force (NDF). It owns Namibia's only arms manufacturer Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik through the NDF's commercial entity August 26 Group. [2] The political leader of MODVA is the minister while the accounting officer is the ...
The majority of the combat suite has largely been designed and built by South African companies. The "SA Corvette Group" includes Altech Defence Systems, Kentron, LIW Division of Denel, Futuristic Business Solutions, Saab Avitronics, Grintek Electronics, Reutech and African Defence Systems (a joint venture between Altech and Thales) [3]
The directorate was formed in 1990 at the inception of the Defence Force and was known as the Directorate Policy and Operations.The inaugural Director for Operations was Brigadier General Martin Shalli.The Directrrate was later renamed to Operations, Plans and Training.
Special Forces operations post 1984 were supported by elements of 7 Med Bn Gp. The Battalion also supported the Parachute Battalions operating in Angola and on the South West Africa (Namibia) Border. 7 Med were involved in almost all major operations during the latter phases of the war.