{"id":38632,"date":"2018-12-11T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-witnesses-3rd-edition-of-combined-arms\/"},"modified":"2018-12-13T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T11:40:35","slug":"kagame-witnesses-3rd-edition-of-combined-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-witnesses-3rd-edition-of-combined-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame witnesses 3rd edition of Combined Arms Field Training Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s edition, the third of its kind, of Combined Arms Field Training Exercise was done under the theme \u201cHard Punch.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The exercises were carried out as army officers displayed how small and big weapons are used for reinforcement of the army units fighting the enemy at the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>Weapons used by the air force, land arms and marine arms were all put on a show.<\/p>\n<p>Recounting his previous battles that were won by sheer determination, President Kagame said capacity is far way beyond having military materiel. \u201cWe used to go to the battlefield with 10 bullets in our guns, our enemies had maybe 100. But to win the war, you do not need 100 bullets. When the bullets are done, you are the one left standing to accomplish the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I also want to thank you because this job you have chosen of protecting citizens, requires more from you than what you are given, in terms of salary or means available to us but it does not stop you from doing the work we do. You work under the sun, the rain, in the middle of forests and different environments and we ask ourselves whether what we give you is enough. The answer is that it can never be enough because this job goes beyond the individual, it is for the nation. What we do requires of us more than we have but it means that every resource we have is used to deliver to our maximum ability. Every bullet you shoot counts. Every resource you use must accomplish its purposes. We do not have room to waste. We have to deliver results beyond the resources we have. Nothing is impossible as long as we have the right mindset and values. Our enemies can only wish us ill but they will never be able to defeat us. Anyone who dares to threaten our security will fail.\u201d He noted<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame further commended Rwanda&#8217;s armed forces strength, saying that &#8220;Anyone who dares to threaten our security will fail&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The trainings were given to army officers in the Rwanda Defence Force 3rd Division whose headquarters are in Gisenyi, Rubavu District representing the RDF Northern\/Western regional command of which Commander is Maj. Gen. Alex Kagame.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s edition of the combined arms field training exercise- which was the second- was held on November 10, 2017, presided over by President Kagame and it was followed by his meeting with RDF senior officials, representatives of other security organs, and militaries who had undergone that exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame told them that the exercises are among activities of RDF done in order to build capacity and professionalism so achieve its mission. <\/p>\n<p>The first edition of the exercise was also held at Gabiro Combat Training Centre on November 5, 2016.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27767 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ubwo_perezida_kagame_yari_ageze_ahabereye_imyitozo-6f0c8.jpg\" alt=\"Kagame arrived at the field in Republican Guard uniform\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27768 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/perezida_kagame_asuhuza_abayobozi-ac802.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27769 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/5-1282-1e7d5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27781 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/minisitiri_w_ingabo_gen_maj_albert_murasira-15dae.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen Albert Murasira\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27783 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/perezida_kagame_aganira_n_umugaba_mukuru_w_ingabo-2d42e.jpg\" alt=\"RDF Army Chief of Staff Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba and the Commander in Chief, President Paul Kagame\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27782 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gen_james_kabarebe_wahoze_ari_minisitiri_w_ingabo_akurikiranye_imyitozo_y_ingabo-55921.jpg\" alt=\"Former Minister of Defence, Gen. James Kabarebe who is now the Presidential Advisor on Security matters\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27770 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-2168-b8ca4.jpg\" alt=\"Other officials also saw how military operations are conducted\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27771 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b3247-29459.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27772 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/4-1501-6fca5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27773 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/6-1112-5d474.jpg\" alt=\"Army officers showed how they use ammunition to protect their mother land\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27775 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/8-851-06fce.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27776 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/8-851-06fce_1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27777 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayobozi_batandukanye_b_ingabo_bari_bitabiriye_imyitozo-e072a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27778 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/aha_ni_mu_birindiro_by_umwanzi_aho_ingabo_zarasaga-cd3ef.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27779 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b3032-5-116f5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27780 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b3151-bae30.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame, also Commander in Chief of Rwanda Defense Force has today witnessed the final phase of the annual Combined Arms Field Training Exercise at Gabiro Combat Training Centre where he donned the Republic Guard (RG) uniform, a camouflage he last put on in the 2000s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[69],"byline":[180],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homehighlights","byline-samson-iradukunda"],"bylines":[{"id":180,"name":"Samson Iradukunda","slug":"samson-iradukunda","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":24}],"contributors":[{"id":180,"name":"Samson Iradukunda","slug":"samson-iradukunda","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":24}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38632"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38632"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}