Kenya Army Infantry
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The units of the Kenya Army Infantry are the principal fighting arms of the Kenya Army. The primary mission of the Infantry formations is to fight and win land battles within area of operational respo
The Kenya Army Infantry service uniform.
U.S. Marine Corps General Thomas D. Waldhauser, Commander, Africa Command, inspects a guard of honour during a visit to Nairobi in 2007.
United States Marine Corps Sergeant Edward Deptola exchanges his M16 rifle for a G3 rifle with a soldier from 15 Kenya Rifles in March 2007.
King's African Rifles
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The King's African Rifles was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces regiment raised from Britain's East African colonies in 1902. It primarily carried out internal security duties within these colonies
Kenya Army Infantry
…in the maintenance of order. The Kenyan School of Infantry (SOI) is located in Isiolo County. In the early 1960s 3rd, 5th, and 11th Battalions of the King's African Rifles (KAR) were based at Nanyuki, Gilgil (in the same town as 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, which was at Alanbrooke Barracks) and Nairobi (Langata…
KAR troops training in Kenya, c. 1944
Contingent of KAR at the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1902, photographed by John Benjamin Stone; the written notes indicate some are Sudanese
The original 3rd Bn KAR formed in 1902 in Kenya
King's African Rifles War Memorial, Zomba, Malawi