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ASSISTANT CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF FOR TRAINING & DOCTRINE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE ARMED FORCES...


Brigadier General Michael Mohamed Samura – RSLAF
Assistant Chief of Defence Staff for Training & Doctrine

Name: Michael Mohamed Samura
Date of Birth: 28 October 1966
Place of Birth: Lunsar - Marampa Chiefdom, Port Loko District
Place of Origin: Mabanda Town, Tonko Limba Chiefdom, Kambia District
Date of Enlistment: 22 November 1988

Date Commissioned: 15 May 1990
Place of Commissioning: Benguema Training Centre (now Armed Forces' Training Centre), Near Waterloo

Primary Education: SLC & RC Primary Schools - Lunsar (1972 - 1979)
Secondary Education: Miatta Stevens (now Murialdo) Secondary School - Lunsar (1979 - 1985)
Tertiary Education: Milton Margai College of Education & Technology (1985 - 1988) Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (2005 - 2006)

Academic Qualifications:
Higher Teachers Certificate (Secondary) - Mathematics and Physics
Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Administration
Masters Degree in Defence Strategy (Military)

Military Training:
Junior Staff Course - Ghana Armed Forces Command & Staff College (1994)
Company Command Course - Infantry Centre and School - Jaji, Nigeria (1995)
Disarmament, Demobilization & Reintegration Course - KAIPTC Ghana (2003)
Senior Command & Staff Course - Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (2005 - 2006)
International Peacekeeping Operations Course, Ghana (2006)
Defence Management Course, Ghana (2006)
Conflict & Crisis Management Course, Ghana (2006)
Defence & Strategic Studies - National Defence College - China (2012 - 2013)
Programme on Terrorism & Security Studies, Germany (2016)

Promotions:
Promoted to - Lieutenant (1991)
- Captain (1993)
- Major (1995)
- Lieutenant Colonel (2002)
- Colonel (2008)
- Brigadier General (2015)

Key Military Appointments:
Assistant Chief of Defence Staff for Training & Doctrine (Sep 2016 - Present)
Chief of Staff, Joint Force Command, Cockerill (Jun 2015 - Sep 2016)
Director of Defence Public Relations & Information, MoD (2012 & 2013 - 2015)
Director of Defence Personnel, MoD (2009 - 2011)

Brigade Commander 5th Infantry Brigade, Bo (2008 - 2009)
Commandant - Armed Forces Training Centre, Benguema (2006 - 2008)
Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Daru (2003 - 2005)
Commanding Officer Force Intelligence & Security Unit, Cockerill (2002 - 2003)
Brigade Chief of Staff, Kenema, Masiaka & Makeni(1995-1996, 2000&2001-2002)
Brigade Deputy Chief of Staff, Kenema & Port Loko (1995 & 2000 - 2001)
Ceasefire Monitor, Makeni (1999 - 2000)
Battalion Second-in-Command, Mile 38 (1999)
Staff Officer Grade 2 - Operations, Intelligence & Security, Cockerill (1996 - 1998)
Chief Instructor, Armed Forces Training Centre, Benguema (1996)
Adjutant 2nd Battalion, Makeni (1994 - 1995)
Company Commander, Masingbi (1993 - 1994)
Platoon Commander- Daru, Koindu, Bunumbu, Manowa, Kailahun, Kono, Kambia & Tongo Fields (1990 -1993)

International Assignments:
ECOWAS Election Observer - Togo Presidential Elections (2010)
Chief of Civil/Military Coordination - UN Mission in Darfur - Sudan (2011 - 2012)

Seminars/Workshops:
Trauma Healing & Counseling Workshop - Sierra Leone (1997)
AU Mission in Somalia Media Conference - Mombasa, Kenya (Sep 2013)
AU Mission in Somalia Awareness Seminar - Sierra Leone (Sep 2013)
AU Mission in Somalia Information Sharing Seminar - Nairobi, Kenya (Dec 2013)
Public Affairs/Media Symposium - Garmisch P, Germany (May 2014)
Managing Defence in a Wider Security Context - Accra, Ghana (Jul 2014)

Marital Status: Married with children.

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