The 4 Brigade of the Kenya Army has completed a two-week Command Post Exercise (CPX) in Nanyuki, Laikipia County.
A CPX is a training program where the troops conduct simulated and realistic training scenarios to empower themselves on sustainment war functioning requirements.
Training is the main preoccupation of the Army during peacetime, accordingly the CPX exercise is one of the routine training exercises the Kenya Army undertakes to improve and maintain proficiency and combat readiness to carry out their mandate in defence of the republic from land based aggression.
In his visit to the troops taking part in the CPX, Commander Kenya Army Lieutenant General Walter Koipaton hailed such training avenues noting that they provide soldiers with adequate skills that will enable them to remain the elite force they are, whilst embracing environmental changes and evolving threats in the theater.
The Deputy Army Commander Major General Thomas Chepkuto also commended the 4 Brigade troops on the conduct of the exercise, apprising themselves in both planning and execution of various military operations tested during the exercise.
The two-week training included media handling and sustainment-centric collective tasks such as producing concepts of support and logistics synchronization matrices.