Namibia Command and Staff College

Educational institution of the Namibian Defence Force

Namibia Command and Staff CollegeMotto| Leadership and Professionalism

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Type| Staff College
Established| 2009
Commandant| Brigadier General Benhard Nathinge Erastus
Location|

Okahandja

Namibia

Campus| Okahandja
Affiliations| Namibian Defence Force

The Namibia Command and Staff College is an academic tri service college of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF). The college is located in Okahandja.[1] It offers officers staff training and education.

## History

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Recognizing the need for advanced academic training for its officers as it depended on friendly nations such as Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana,[2] the Ministry of Defence established the College and was launched by the minister of Defence Charles Namoloh on 10 August 2009.[3] Construction of the Okahandja campus commenced, which was financially aided by China and the project was completed in 2016.[4] The campus was then inaugurated by President Hage Geingob on 17 October 2019. Since inception more than 13 Junior Staff Courses have been conducted graduating over 204 officers.[2]

## Programmes

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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 second terms focuses on conventional warfare, low intensity operations, peace support operations and training.[5] The Course is recognized by the Namibia Qualifications Authority as a Diploma in Military Science NQF level 6.[7]

Senior Division

* Senior Command and Staff Course

Its curriculum covers leadership, accountability, responsibilities,[8] staff appointments, regimental, force employment up to division level[9] and industrial visits.[10] As a prerequisite to graduate student officers will write a research paper.[9] The 1st Senior Command and Staff Course was launched in 2019[4] and graduated in September 2020. Graduates of the Course are given symbol Pass Staff Course 'psc', only officers from the ranks of major/ equivalent, Lieutenant Colonel/equivalent and Colonel/equivalent across all service arms are eligible for this course.

## Commandants

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Namibia Command and Staff College  From | Commandant | To

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Unknown date  | Brigadier General Titus Simon  | Unknown date
Unknown date  | Brigadier General Joshua Namhindo[11] | 2019
2019  | Brigadier General Mathew Shipulwa  | 2021
2021  | Brigadier General Hendrick Hamukoshi  | 2024

## References

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1. ^ "NCSC - GRN Portal". Mod.gov.na. 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
2. ^ a b "Military college to improve quality of training".
3. ^ "Namibia Command and Staff College - GRN Portal". Mod.gov.na. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
4. ^ a b "Chinese-funded military college inaugurated by Namibia's President - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Archived from the original on October 19, 2019.
5. ^ a b Tomas, M (March 2014). "7th Junior Staff Course Commenced". NDF Journal. 51: 7.
6. ^ "Namibia Press Agency".
7. ^ "Namibian institutions and their programmes accredited by the Namibia Qualifications Authority" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-27.
8. ^ "Speech by his excellency dr. Hage G. Geingob, president of the republic of Namibia and commander in chief of the Namibian defence force, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Namibia command and staff college Okahandja, Otjozondjupa region". Archived from the original on 2019-11-21.
9. ^ a b "NDF launches maiden Senior Command and Staff Course at Okahandja | | Namibian Broadcasting Corporation". www.nbc.na. Archived from the original on 2019-09-13.
10. ^ "Desert Fruit Namibia assists in equipping NDF with leadership skills".
11. ^ "Graduation Ceremony of the Junior Staff Course 13/2019 at Namibia Command and Staff College". YouTube.