The Officers Training Institute of the Armed Forces College and Institutes celebrated the graduation of 135 officers and members of various branches of the armed forces and other military authorities in Qatar and friendly countries, as part of the conclusion of the basic courses for the first half of the 2018/2019 training year.
The ceremony, which was held under the patronage of HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah, was attended by the Chairman of the Colleges and Institutes Authority Major General Hamad bin Ahmed al-Nuaimi, Kuwaiti Military Attache Brigadier General Huwaidi Sahn al-Hajri, as well as a number of senior officers of the Qatar armed forces.
The graduates included officers and personnel from Qatar, Kuwait and Sudan.
On the occasion, Brigadier Faisal Mohamed al-Ouja, the Commander of the Officers Training Institute, revealed that the officers during the courses received training and theory to practical education.
Colonel Jaber Rashid al-Khayarin, Director of Exercise, stressed that the exercise - Saqr Al-Jazira - is concerned with training the officers of the courses on the procedures of combat, opening up and commanding the forces in various tactical operations.
It aims to adapt to the different environments and exercise command and control of the forces in battle procedures.
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