The Army's equipment priorities are improved troop-lift capacity (road and air); engineer, artillery, anti-tank and air defence and communication systems: the aim being to create a secure, integrated, efficient and cost-effective systems."

[4][5] Angola (Operation Mandume ya Ndemufayo)The Namibian Army also deployed troops to help fight UNITA insurgents active in and around the Kavango region.

The operation codenamed Mandume ya Ndemufayo was a response to UNITA attacks on Namibian citizens.

[7] In an operation between 30 January 2001 to 14 February 2001 an estimated 19 UNITA rebels were killed while various weaponry such as anti-tank and anti-personnel landmines, and assault rifles ranging from AK-47 and R-1s were recovered.

[16] Namibia was also the first foreign country to withdraw its troops and by September 2001 all Namibian soldiers had been withdrawn.

Previous commanding officers included Erastus Kashopola and Colonel Abed Mukumangeni.

[35] The Army TTC offers training to army soldiers covering mechanics and electrical configurations of armaments, military weapons, and equipment[37] Based at the Oluno Military Base, the school is responsible for the training requirement of all soldiers specializing to become artillery gunners.

Vehicles of the Namibian Army are made up of a variety of suppliers including those from the former Soviet Union, Russia, Brazil, & South Africa.

Some vehicles were donated by SWAPO, formerly a liberation movement which later became the ruling party of the country at independence, and SWATF, the security force of the then South West Africa administration.

South African made Casspirs are also in service which were inherited from the South-West Africa Territorial Force.

To enhance mobility it was announced that the Army will receive the Agrale Marruá which appeared at the 25th Independence celebration parade in 2015 and are primarily used by the Namibian Special Forces.

The highest rank in peace time a commissioned officer can attain in the army is major general.

There may, however, be an exception when an army officer is appointed as Chief of the Defence Force, for which the individual will ascend to the lieutenant general.