Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani patronised the graduation ceremony of the 13th class of officer cadets from Ahmed bin Mohammed Military College, which was held in the College field yesterday. The ceremony was attended by First Deputy Prime Minist
Doha: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani patronised the graduation ceremony of the 13th class of officer cadets of Ahmed bin Mohammed Military College, held at the College field yesterday morning.
The Qatari national anthem was played upon the Emir’s arrival. The commander of the parade then requested the Emir to review the parade staged by 173 graduates.
The graduation ceremony was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the State of Kuwait, H E Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, a number of Their Excellencies Ministers and ranking officers of the Qatari Armed Forces and the Ministry of Interior, as well as a number of senior officers of military colleges from some brotherly and friendly countries.
Delivering a speech on the occasion, Commander of Ahmed bin Mohammed Military College Brigadier Abdullah Abdulrahman Al Kaabi expressed pride of the 13th batch for the patronage and honour of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of the graduation ceremony.
Al Kaabi said that the batch of 173 graduates are distributed to the armed forces, the Interior, Lekhwiya, the Emiri Guard and the State Security Service, in addition to colleagues from Kuwait, Sudan and the Comoros.
He noted that the College, under the patronage of the Emir, seeks to continue development and modernisation in various military and academic programmes.
After that, the graduates staged a military parade with slow and normal march before the Emir.
The Emir then honoured the outstanding graduates. The 13th batch handed over the flag to the 14th batch. An order for promotions was read out and the graduates took the oath, and the Qatari national anthem was played.
