1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Botswana Defence Force Maj. Gen. Joseph Eno Seelo, deputy commander of the BDF, provides remarks during the opening ceremony of exercise Southern Accord 2024 ...

Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa GABORONE, Botswana – The U.S. Army and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) successfully concluded the final planning conference for exercise ...

The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, or SETAF-AF, workshop coincides with a broader initiative known as Southern Accord 2024, which is aimed at strengthening bilateral military ...

THEBEPHATSHWA AIR BASE, Botswana – Marine Cpl. Kyle Swanson watched as soldiers from the Botswanan Defense Force engaged targets with rubber balls and “flash bangs,” high-powered grenades ...

Gaborone, Botswana — Defense chiefs from 30 African countries will gather in Botswana next week for a two-day military conference to discuss the continent's security and stability challenges.

The top U.S. general is visiting Africa to discuss preserving U.S. presence in West Africa after Niger's decision to expel U.S. military in favor of Russia. Air Force General C.Q. Brown discussed ...

Gaborone, Botswana — Botswana has amended its Defence Act under a certificate of emergency to allow for the recruitment of women service corps and lengthen the service of its soldiers who have ...

The Army has 15 Patriot battalions across the active force with funding authorized to build one more. The demands on the Army’s air defense force has been a longtime issue for the service .

In fact it took ten full years until the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) unit was established. According to McGowan, 75 percent of the military coups attempts in Africa between 1966 and 1970 were ...

The Botswana Defense Force has confirmed it is negotiating with Swedish aircraft manufacturer Försvarets Materielverk for the acquisition of JAS Gripen "C" and "D" aircraft variants.