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Mohammed bin Zayed.. Builder of the fortress
Mohammed bin Zayed contributed his long military experience to the development of the armed forces.
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“Our UAE armed forces have become one of the strongest, most advanced and professional armies in the region.” The words of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, addressed to the people a few days ago on the forty-sixth anniversary of the unification of the armed forces, embodying what the UAE military institution has achieved The development, strength and superior human and armament capabilities, being the basic and most important building block in the edifice of the State of the Union, thanks to the military expertise enjoyed by the leadership, which made the Armed Forces a major national contributor to strengthening the UAE’s presence regionally and internationally during the past five decades.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with his long military experience of nearly five decades, contributed to the development of the UAE armed forces in terms of strategic planning, training, organizational structure and strengthening the country's defense capabilities. His direct and leadership directives contributed to making the UAE Armed Forces a leading institution that enjoys appreciated by international military institutions.
His Highness’s career and military background began when he graduated from the Royal Military Academy “Sandhurst” in the United Kingdom in 1979, where His Highness received training there in armored corps, vertical flight, tactical aviation and parachute forces. And the leadership of the Air College, to join the officers' training course in the Emirate of Sharjah.
During his long military career, His Highness held many military ranks and leadership positions, the most important of which is the Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense, and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, before becoming Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces in 1993, and assuming the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1994, until he became Deputy Commander The Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and his promotion to the rank of first lieutenant general in January 2005.
During his military trip, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, believed that peace is the way to achieve the aspirations of peoples and aspirations for progress and prosperity, which was the motive and engine for the role of the UAE armed forces in strengthening the pillars of peace in the region, finding peaceful solutions to regional crises, as well as creating conditions For effective partnerships for development and prosperity in the entire region, at the same time focusing on strengthening and developing the state's military power and its continuous modernization to protect stable peace.
Over the past five decades, the UAE armed forces have contributed to strengthening the UAE’s presence regionally and internationally by playing an active and constructive role in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations under the umbrella of the United Nations, within the framework of the principles of international legitimacy, maintaining international peace and security, and refusing to interfere in the affairs of the country. The internal affairs of states, and respect for the principles of good neighborliness, embodying the depth of belief in the experience of unity and a common destiny, a creed that was implanted by the leadership in the armed forces that His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said, “It will always adhere to it in the face of all the challenges that it has gone through.” The homeland and the region during the past decades, God willing, will remain the strong rock on which the hostile forces and their evil goals and plots will be destroyed.”
Championships firmly established in the national record
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, is keen, in his official and unofficial speeches and speeches, on any occasion or military or national event, to evoke the sacrifices of the nation's righteous martyrs in all locations, inside and outside the nation, as His Highness always stresses that Their championships are firmly rooted in the UAE national record, which will remain forever and inspire generations after generations.
His Highness, and in the spirit of the inspiring leader, was keen to recall with appreciation, gratitude and gratitude to all the generations that passed in the history of the ancient Emirati military institution, and the outstanding fingerprints it left in the process of developing and enhancing its capabilities through the various stages it passed through, while emphasizing the new generations the need to look forward and work with confidence. Ambition and determination, towards further development and modernization of the armed forces during the coming period to remain a symbol of the pride of the UAE and its prevention, an aid to truth and justice, a support for brothers and friends, and an element of stability and peace in the region and the world.
• Peace is the way to achieve peoples' aspirations and aspirations for progress and prosperity.
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