Categories: Training

281 UPDF Soldiers Complete Training In Mountain Warfare

Over 280 UPDF soldiers have completed a three(03) months intensive training in Mountain(Mtn) warfare at Mountain Warfare Training  School(MWTS).

Officiating at the function, Mtn Division Commander ( Mtn Div Comd) Maj Gen Kayanja Muhanga congratulated trainees upon the successful completion of the vigorous training and urged them to have discipline as it is the core principle for UPDF’s success.

The Commandant of the school, Col.Dothan Kavuma said that the course which opened on 15 June 2021,is a specialized Mountain Warfare training which covered both technical, tactical and guest lectures and the skills acquired superseded the ones acquired during basic training.

Present was the 2i/c Div Comd Mtn Div Brig Gen Chris Ogwal, Brigade and Battalion Commanders from Mtn Div and staff officers from Mtn Division among others.

UPDF

Recent Posts

Lt Gen Kavuma Urges MPs To Put Museveni’s SONA Policies Into Action At Constituency Level

Hon Lt Gen Sam Kavuma, the Force Commander of the African Union Support and Stabilisation…

1 day ago

President Museveni Commissions NEC Meat And Beans Processing Plant

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) Meat and Beans Processing…

2 days ago

Defence Leadership Aligns Priorities As UPDF Strategic Retreat Concludes

The annual defence strategic retreat has concluded, with the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs,…

3 days ago

Lt Gen Bakasumba Hails Growing Defence Cooperation Between Uganda And Mali

The Chief of Joint Staff of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF), Lieutenant General Jack…

3 days ago

CDF Opens Annual Defence Strategic Retreat

The Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, officially opened the annual defence strategic retreat…

4 days ago

UPDF, SNA Conduct Joint Security Patrol In Barawe Sub-Sector

Troops of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) serving under the African Union Support and…

5 days ago