Nigerian actor Joseph Momodu has officially joined the United States Army after completing 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Momodu, now serving as Specialist (SPC) J.A. Momodu with 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, announced the milestone in an Instagram post on Friday — his first public communication in over two months.
“Ten weeks of being incommunicado. Ten weeks of learning to find comfort in discomfort,” he wrote.
The actor described the training as an intense physical and mental ordeal marked by fatigue, fear of failure, and relentless pressure. “This particular one was forged through tears, fear of failure, resilience, endless days, short nights, fatigue, rain, and the scorching sun,” he said.
He added: “I went to sleep a civilian and woke up a soldier.”
Momodu said the enlistment, which became official on April 12, 2026, was a tribute to his late father — a former Nigerian Police Force officer who died 20 years ago. “I picked up the baton where he left off in the Nigerian Police Force and carried it forward by getting enlisted into the United States Army,” he wrote.
He credited his success to passing the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) on his first attempt and completing training without any setbacks.
Momodu hails from the Royal Family of Oba Momodu II of the Avyuele Clan in Agbede, Etsako West, Edo State, and was recruited through the US Army Recruiting Station in Burbank, California.
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