Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Gowon wuxuu ku biiray Ciidanka Nigeria 1954, wuxuuna helay amarkiisa taliyaha labaad 19kii Oktoobar 1955, dhalashadiisii 21aad. Waxaa lagu tababaray Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK (1955<unk>56), Staff College, Camberley, UK (1962) iyo sidoo kale Joint Staff College, Latimer, 1965. Waxuu arkey wax qabad
Congo oo qayb ka ah Ciidanka Xasilinta ee Qaramada Midoobay, labadaba 1960-61 iyo 1963. Wuxuu u gudbiyay darajada taliyaha guutada 1966kii, waqtigaas oo uu wali ahaa kornayl-ku-xigeen.