Joaan bin Jassim College Celebrates Graduation

The Joaan bin Jassim Joint Command and Staff College has celebrated the graduation of a group of officers and commanders from the various units of the Qatari armed forces, officers of the Emiri Guards, Lekhwiya, and the Ministry of the Interior, and a number of officers from the brotherly countries who successfully passed the programs of the Fourth round of the Joint Command and Staff .

The ceremony was held at the Ahmed bin Mohammed Military College, under the patronage and the presence of HE Minister of State for Defence Affairs Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah, and HE Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Major General (Pilot) Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem as well as a number of senior officials, officers and faculty teaching members.

Brigadier General Mohammed bin Hamad Al Nuaimi, Commander of Joaan bin Jassim College for Joint Command and Staff, said that the fourth course is the first to be taught in Arabic, noting that the College is preparing officers who are chosen from different ranks and units of the armed forces in order to fill leadership positions and staff functions.

He added that this course comes in accordance with the developed and modern programs and educational and curricula that include international and regional changes to enrich the military and academic thought and upgrade study skills for all officers .

The college Commander said that the graduates had spent about 10 months attending classes in the college and received lectures in planning, analysis and management of combat battles from the stages of receiving tasks to the issuance of critical orders and decisions. They also received courses in strategies, management science, military information and international law.

He pointed out that the military history, which is full of experiences was a part of the program of the course, which ended with the “war game” exercise, in which the officers carried out all their knowledge and military theories, in order to raise their practical competence and intellectual abilities in the management of joint operations.

The course included 44 officers from all branches of the Qatari armed forces, the Ministry of the Interior, the internal security force” Lekhwiya ” , and the Emiri Guard, as well as officers from the State of Kuwait and the Sultanate of Oman, he said.

He said that the College is seeking to offer a master’s program in strategic and security studies, stressing that this program will have a great scientific role in the competence and culture of future officers.

Concluding , Brigadier General Mohammed bin Hamad Al Nuaimi, Commander of Joaan bin Jassim College lauded the support given to the College by HE Minister of State for Defence Affairs Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah, as well as the direct supervision and continuous guidance from HE Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Major General (Pilot) Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem, wishing the graduates all the success in serving their homeland.

Source: Fana News