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41 countries take part in Egypt Defense Expo - EDEX 2018

Date: 2018-11-15 16:32:02 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:85 - ID:7671910

CAIRO, Nov 15 (MENA) - Forty one countries are taking part in Egypt Defense Expo - EDEX 2018 which is organized by the Armed Forces from December 3 to 5 under the sponsorship of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. More than 316 exhibitors of major ....

Armed Forces marks graduation of new batch of specialized officers of Military Academy

Date: 2018-11-15 16:09:11 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:83 - ID:7671676

CAIRO, Nov 15 (MENA) - The Armed Forces marked on Thursday the graduation of a new batch of specialized officers of the Military Academy. The batch included doctors, engineers and female nurses. Assistant Defense Minister Medhat el Nahhas ....

Arab Shield-1 troops train on storming terrorist hotbed in residential area

Date: 2018-11-14 20:59:27 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:110 - ID:7670431

CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) – The Arab troops participating in the Arab Shield-1 drills carried out Wednesday a training on breaking into a an armed terrorist safe haven located in a residential area. The training included paratroopers, sappers, ....

Defense minister attends debate on Red Sea security

Date: 2018-11-11 13:14:54 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:49 - ID:7664624

CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - Minister of Defense and Military Production Mohamed Zaki attended on Sunday a debate of the higher war college at Nasr Military Academy under theme "Proposed Egyptian strategy to achieve the Red Sea security in the light of ....

Extensive military training for troops involved in Arab Shield-1 drills

Date: 2018-11-09 13:34:50 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:25 - ID:7661862

CAIRO, Nov 9 (MENA) - Arab troops participating in the Arab Shield-1 drills continued their extensive land, sea and air military training, as part of the joint Arab maneuvers that run till Nov. 16 at Egypt's Mohamed Naguib Military Base. The ....

Chief of Staff witnesses main stage of Fagr 1 tactical program

Date: 2018-11-08 09:57:05 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:19 - ID:7660091

CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. General Mohamed Farid witnessed the main stage of tactical program (Fagr 1) which is being implemented by an Armed Forces unit of the Military Central Zone. The tactical program is ....

Chief of Staff visits troops participating in Arab Shield-1 drills

Date: 2018-11-06 14:18:30 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:64 - ID:7657582

CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. General Mohamed Farid visited the Arab Shield-1 drills carried out by the Armed Forces of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan and with the participation of Morocco and ....

Egyptian, French navies implement transient drills in Mediterranean

Date: 2018-11-06 12:42:55 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:48 - ID:7657363

CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - The Egyptian Navy, in cooperation with the French Navy, carried out a transient naval drill within the zone of the Mediterranean Sea's North Fleet as part of the joint training plan of the Armed Forces with sisterly and ....

Army keen on honing skills of popular, military defense forces, says commander

Date: 2018-11-05 17:11:25 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:88 - ID:7655709

CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - The General Command of the Armed Forces is keen on honing the skills of the Popular and Military Defense Forces, a military commander said on Monday. In statement to reporters, Commander of the Popular and Military Defense ....

Third field army hosts ceremony on October War anniversary

Date: 2018-11-04 08:54:58 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:16 - ID:7653422

CAIRO, Nov 4 (MENA) - The army's popular and military defense command organized on Sunday a show to mark the 45th anniversary of the October 6 War victory. The event, held in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, was hosted by the ....