President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday awarded medals to top graduates of the Egyptian Military Academy and military colleges during a graduation ceremony.
The honorees included graduates of the Military College, the Naval College and the Air College, as well as a graduate from the nursing program.
The honorees also included international graduates from Yemen, Palestine, Burkina Faso and Chad.
The honoured graduates also comprised Omar Khaled Omran of the Military Technical College and Bahraini graduate Abdulrahman Issa Al Jaber.
The 53rd Air Defence College class included Ziad Tarek El-Menshawy, Jordanian graduate Ahmed Ghazi and Tanzanian graduate Victor Philips. The 54th Air Defence College class included Youssef Mohamed Abdel Fattah, while Ahmed Saad Mohamed Abdel Wahab graduated from the Military Technological College.
The graduates pledged allegiance to Egypt, vowing to protect its security and territorial integrity, defend it on land, at sea and in the air, obey military orders and follow their commanders’ instructions. They also pledged to safeguard their weapons and remain committed to their duties until death.
