Editing Valentine Strasser (section)

==Military career==
On graduation from secondary school in 1985, he [[Military service|enlisted]] in the [[Republic of Sierra Leone Military Forces]] (RSLMF) at the age of eighteen during the government of President [[Siaka Stevens]], and was deployed for military training as a [[cadet]] officer at the Benguema Military Training Academy in [[Benguema]], a town located just outside Freetown. After his training, he was commissioned into the Sierra Leone army at the young age of nineteen. He was posted to a [[military barracks]] in [[Daru, Sierra Leone|Daru]], [[Kailahun District]] in Eastern Sierra Leone.

The [[Revolutionary United Front]] (RUF) led by [[Foday Sankoh]] began their first attack on 25 March 1991 in Buedu villages in Kailahun District. Strasser and other soldiers who were already in a military barracks in Kailahun, were sent to command and rout the rebellion against the RUF.

Before President Momoh was removed by his successor, Valentine Strasser fought against the Liberian invasion in Sierra Leone, particularly in the East and South of Sierra Leone. Strasser in his fight had to go up against domestic rebels, also known as sobels. President Momoh's presidency was not long-lasting because he denied the demands of the people of Sierra Leone who at the time of his regime wanted a more cooperative political system and thought Momoh provided nothing different than his predecessor.”<ref>{{cite journal |first=Alfred B.|last=Zack-Williams|author2=Stephen Riley|title= Sierra Leone: The Coup and Its Consequences.|journal=[[Review of African Political Economy]]|number= 56 |date=March 1993|volume=20|page=91|jstor=4006128|doi=10.1080/03056249308703989}}</ref>