Muscat – Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham al Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, presided over a ceremony marking the passing out of a batch of officer cadets and university and limited service officers after completion of courses at Sultan Qaboos Military College, Royal Army of Oman (RAO).
The ceremony took place at the military parade field in Al Murtafaa Garrison on Tuesday.
RAO staged a military show that demonstrated skills of its personnel and highlighted the great attention accorded to the RAO by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, Supreme Commander.
The ceremony commenced with a military salute to Sayyid Theyazin, followed by the RAO band playing the Royal Anthem. The commander of the parade then requested the chief guest to inspect the front row of the graduating batch.
The graduates performed a military show, with the infantry passing in front of the dais, led by bearers of the Sultan Qaboos Military College colours, and the column marching in formation.
Sayyid Theyazin handed over the Sword of Honour to RAO Officer Cadet Mustafa Hamad al Samri who won first place in the officer cadets’ course.
This was followed by handing over the banner of Sultan Qaboos Military College and graduates singing the RAO anthem and taking the Oath of Loyalty. They chanted “Long Live His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, Supreme Commander,” thrice.
The column then gave a military salute and the RAO band played the Royal Anthem, after which the leader of the column stepped forward asking permission to dismiss.
The column filed by the front of the main stage, giving the military salute to the chief guest.
The ceremony was attended by Royal Family members, ministers, commanders of Sultan’s Armed Forces and other military and security units, retired SAF commanders, senior SAF officers and other military and security units, retired senior officers of other military and security units, military attaches at the embassies of Arab and friendly countries accredited to the sultanate, RAO personnel and parents of graduating officers.
The course was attended by officers from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs, SAF Headquarters, the Royal Air Force of Oman, the Royal Guard of Oman, the Sultan’s Special Force, the Royal Oman Police, security units and the Royal Court Affairs.
Additionally, there were officer cadets from the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Jordan.
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