The study was a survey of coping strategies and psychiatric morbidity among servicemen of the 3rd Armoured Division of the Nigerian Army at Maxwell Khobe Cantonment located in Rukuba, west of Jos, North Central Nigeria. It aimed to determine the pattern of coping strategies employed by service personnel in the course of their duties, the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among the personnel and correlations between coping strategies and psychiatric morbidity and also to compare psychiatric outcomes among troops who use emotion focused coping and those who use problem focused coping. It was a cross sectional study with samples drawn by stratified multistage sampling in which participants were stratified according to gender, military units and rank. The sample size was 193 servicemen comprising 177 males and 16 females. Data was collected in 2 stages using a sociodemographic questionnaire, COPE scale and the general health questionnaire (GHQ) 12 for the first stage. All participants with a score of 2 and above on GHQ were interviewed with the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Instrument (CIDI). Three hypotheses were examined; that there would be no difference in coping strategies among the troops, that there would be no correlation/relationship between the troops copingstrategies and psychiatric morbidity, and that troops who use emotion focused coping strategies would not be more correlated with psychiatric morbidity than those who use problem focused coping. The coping strategies of turning to religion, planning and positive re-interpretation and growth were the most commonly used, while alcohol/drug use and behavioural disengagement were the least. Troops also used more of problem focused coping than emotion focused coping. Age, duration of service and length of stay in rank were not significantly correlated with coping styles, but there were significant gender and marital status differences in coping strategies. Additionally, maladaptive coping such as focus on and venting of emotions, behavioural disengagement, and emotion focused coping were significantly highest among the most junior rank and lowest among officers and SNCOs; while denial was highest among JNCOs. The combat personnel used seeking instrumental social support to a significantly greater extent than the non-combat troops. Coping also differed significantly between educational levels; behavioural disengagement was highest among respondents with only primary level education and lowest in those with tertiary education (P=0.000). The lifetime prevalence of any psychiatric disorder was 24.9% and the 12 month prevalence was 23.3%. The most common conditions and prevalence were for depression 9.8%, specific phobia 9.3% and alcohol/substance dependence 8.3%. The least were post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1%, intermittent explosive disorder (IED) 1% and bipolar affective disorder (BAD) 0.5%. In a correlationmatrix, coping strategies were demonstrated to have various significant associations with morbidity. A binary logistic regression showed that the use of focus on and venting of emotions and suppression of competing activities were significant predictors of having a psychiatric disorder while the greater use of acceptance showed a less likelihood of having a psychiatric disorder. Although comparison between the two grouped categories of PFC and EFC did not show a statistically significant association with morbidity, the correlation matrix showed a positive correlation of PFC with an assessment of normal and a negative correlation with depression. The findings showed statistically significant relationships between coping strategies and the prevalence of psychiatricmorbidity among the troops. It is recommended that troops training should involve a more concerted effort and curriculum of training in the identified adaptive coping skills. Counseling units and commanders should also actively utilize available cadre sessions, and training programs to impart such skills.