Editing Namibian Defence Force (section)

==Training institutions==

===Army Battle School===
Situated at the [[Oshivelo]] Army base, the school offers units and battle groups to test their combat fighting skills in conventional and non-conventional warfare.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mod.gov.na/army-battle-school| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170912095504/http://www.mod.gov.na/army-battle-school| archive-date = 12 September 2017| title = Army Battle School - GRN Portal}}</ref> The school also offers courses such as:
*Company Group Commander Course(CGC)
*Platoon Commander Course(PCC)
*Platoon Sgt Commanders Course
*Section Commanders Course

===Army Technical Training Centre===
Established in 2011 the technical centre imparts students with knowledge repair and maintaining army systems and installations.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mod.gov.na/army-technical-training-center1| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170912095509/http://www.mod.gov.na/army-technical-training-center1| archive-date = 12 September 2017| title = Army Technical Training Centre - GRN Portal}}</ref> The centre was commissioned on 27 February 2015.

===Namibian Defence Force Training Establishment===
The [[Namibian Defence Force Training Establishment]] is the main training and academic unit of the Namibian Defence Force.It consist of 7 Schools offering training in different fields including Medical, Signals, Logistics,Intelligence amongst others. Training and teaching in the institution ranges from Basic Military Training to Vocational training.

===Namibia Command and Staff College===
[[File:Namibian Navy Type 037 Class boats.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Navy Type 037 Boats]]
The [[Namibia Command and Staff College]] offers the Junior Staff Course (JSC) and the Senior Command and Staff Course (SCSC).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mod.gov.na/pdfs/jan-mar%202014.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208134604/http://www.mod.gov.na/pdfs/jan-mar%202014.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It provides staff training to prepare students for staff appointments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mod.gov.na/pdfs/fina.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702084738/http://www.mod.gov.na/pdfs/fina.pdf |archive-date=2 July 2015}}</ref>

===Parachute Training School===
The force's parachute airborne school is based at the [[Grootfontein Air Force Base]]. Here students from all service branches are training to qualify as Parachute specialists. The school was set up with help from the South African private military parachute training company Chute Systems which is training Namibia's airborne forces and associated staff e.g. parachute riggers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chutesyst.co.za/chute-systems-7/ |title=Chute Systems Training Infrastructure Development &#124; Chute Systems |access-date=25 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928053716/http://www.chutesyst.co.za/chute-systems-7/ |archive-date=28 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Naval Training School===
[[File:Wer'wolf MKII Ambulance.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Wer'Wolf Ambulance]]
Established on 22 November 2009, the [[Naval Training School]] was commissioned by President Hage Geingob on 22 July 2016. It is administratively divided into two sections, the Sailors Training Wing and the Marine Training Wing. It offers the following courses:
* Basic Seamanship Course
*Specialization Course
*Section Commander Course<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mod.gov.na/naval-training-school1| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170910211459/http://www.mod.gov.na/naval-training-school1| archive-date = 10 September 2017| title = Naval Training School - GRN Portal}}</ref>
*Marine Petty Officers Course
*Sailors Petty Officers Course

===School of Air Power Studies===
The [[School of Air Power Studies]] is run in conjunction with the Namibia Aviation Training Academy, which trains pilots and technicians.

===School of Military Science===
The [[School of Military Science (Namibia)|School of Military Science]], run in conjunction with the [[University of Namibia]], offers officers in the Defence force qualifications ranging from Bachelor of Science Honors degrees in the field of nautical, Army and Aeronautical, to a post-graduate diploma in Security and Strategic studies, and a Master of Arts in Security and Strategic Studies (MA-SSS).

[[File:Namibian army WZ-523 IFV.png|thumb|right|150px|Army WZ-523 IFV]]