Know about RSLAF
(EPISODE 1)
17th November, 2024
1. The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) is organizing a five-day patrol and skills-at-arms competition to assess the physical fitness and shooting skills of its personnel.
II. The competition will take place from 18th to 22nd November this year.
III. The competition will be conducted within the general area of Hastings, Peninsular Hill, and Benguema.
IV. Six teams will participate in the competition on a scoring basis. They are as follows:
(1). 2 Infantry Brigade, Armed Forces Technical and Education Centre (AFTEC), Armed Forces Personnel Centre (AFPC), and Tailoring Unit.
(2). 3 Infantry Brigade
(3). 4 Infantry Brigade
(4). 5 Infantry Brigade, Armed Forces Training Centre (AFTC), Peace Mission Training Centre (PMTC), Horton Command and Staff College (HCSC), Armed Forces Band (AFB), and Armed Forces Agricultural Unit (AFAU)
(5). Forces Troops comprising Maritime Wing (MW), Air Wing (AW), Engineer Regiment, Forces Intelligence and Security Unit (FISU), and Artillery Battery.
(6). Joint Support Units comprising Joint Logistics Unit (JLU), Joint Medical Unit (JMU), Joint Provost Unit (JPU), Joint Communication Unit (JCU), and Armed Forces Physical Training Wing (AFPTW)
V. The competition will be conducted in two phases. Phase 1 is the patrol exercise of the competition. It involves jungle walking and fighting. Each participating team is represented by a patrol team of 30 military personnel, including six female soldiers. Each patrol team is required to start the exercise from PMTC, navigate through Peninsular Hill, and end at AFTC. Each team will be assessed on Weapon Handling, Harbour Drills, Advance to Contact Drills, Anti-Ambush Drills, First Aid Drills, and Casualty Evacuation Procedure.
VI. Phase 2 of the competition is the skills-at-arms exercise. It involves running and live firing. Each participating team is also represented by a skills-at-arms team comprising personnel of various ranks ranging from private to lieutenant colonel. Each skills-at-arms team will be assessed on the following practices: rifle march, pistol march, close quarter battle march, march and shoot, GPMG march, and falling plates march.
VII. In the Administrative Instruction released by Major General Dauda Alpha (the Commander Joint Force), the objectives of the twin competition are: (1) to develop the potential of a soldier as an individual and part of a team; (2) to produce a self-confident soldier that is physically fit and equipped with basic skills and fighting qualities needed to survive in the battlefield; (3) to help a soldier achieve swift reaction and fire accurately to suppress and kill an enemy with his rifle from all combat positions; and (4) to ensure continuity of training and prevent skills from fading.
VIII. Major General Alpha disclosed that nine awards will be given out at the end of the competition as follows:
(1). Best Pistol Firer
(2). Best Female Firer
(3). Best Male Firer
(4). Best Patrol Commander
(5). Best Patrol Team
(6). Best GPMG Firer
(7). Overall Best Team
(8). Second-Best Team
(9). Third Best Team.
IX. Major General Alpha stated that the competition will attract participation from State House, the Senior Management Team of the Ministry of Defense, Office of National Security, Ministry of Finance, Sierra Leone Police, National Fire Force, and Sierra Leone Correctional Service.
X. Major General Alpha clarified that the participation of the above-named institutions will be limited to the skills-at-arms exercise only. “The competition, which will also attract the participation of these senior government officials on a non-scoring basis, will improve individual tactfulness and build better team cohesion among the participating institutions,” Major General Alpha concluded.
NOTE:
The on-going episodes of the COURT MARTIAL TRIAL will continue next week.
Major Yayah Brima,
Media Operations Officer,
Headquarters, Joint Force Command, Cockerill Barracks,
Freetown.
Phone/WhatsApp: 078 452 876
