HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attended the graduation ceremony of the 8th batch of the National Service recruits at Al Shamal Training Camp yesterday.
The ceremony was attended by a number of ministers, senior military officials, commanders of the Armed Forces and the Interior Ministry, officers, non-commissioned officers and parents of recruits of the National Service.
HH the Emir honoured the first distinguished recruits of the 1st Battalion (university degree holders) and the 2nd Battalion (secondary certificate holders).
The event began with the National Anthem, then Chairman of the National Service Authority Brigadier Saeed Hamad al-Nuaimi addressed the gathering. He hailed the event and praised HH the Emir’s continuous support for National Service projects in particular, and for the Armed Forces projects in general.
He stressed that the National Service witnessed a qualitative leap in training and armament which reflects the level of readiness of the Armed Forces, noting that the National Service has specialised forces in each branch of the Armed Forces.
Following his address, the National Service recruits performed a parade accompanied by a variety of military performances, including land and sea infiltration, landing and ambush, hostage clearance, stadium riots, in addition to the Civil Defence and other military performances.
The number of National Service graduates in the 8th batch was 650 recruits of university and secondary degrees holders who underwent military and academic training as part of their course, including infantry training, fitness, light weapons and shooting, field and combat skills, riot control, chemical defence, civil defence and first aid, as well as religious and cultural programmes and lectures.
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