Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Gowon wuxuu ku biiray Ciidanka Nigerian sanadkii 1954, wuxuuna helay xilkiisa taliyaha labaad bishii Oktoobar 19, 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. waxa uu ka soo shaqeeyay Congo
qayb ka mid ah ciidamada nabad ilaalinta ee Qaramada Midoobay, labadaba 1960-61 iyo 1963. Wuxuu u gudbiyay darajada taliyaha guutada 1966kii, waqtigaas oo uu wali ahaa kornayl-ku-xigeen.