Wednesday 09 / July / 2025
Muscat: The Academy for Strategic and Defence Studies celebrated on Wednesday the graduation of the 38th Joint Command and Staff College course at its headquarters in Bait Al Falaj Camp, under the patronage of Dr. Mohammed Nasser Al Zaabi, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defence. The ceremony was attended by Maj.Gen Hamid Ahmed Sakroon, Chairman of the Academy for Strategic and Defence Studies.
During the ceremony, the chief guest presented awards to top graduates of the course.
It is worth noting that the 38th Joint Command and Staff College course, which commenced in August last year, comprised officers from the Ministry of Defence, the Sultan’s Armed Forces, and other military and security services, as well as a number of officers from the GCC countries and Arab and friendly nations.
The course curriculum included three main phases, incorporating tactical and operational exercises, as well as lectures by Undersecretaries and Ambassadors. The course concluded with the "Determination" exercise, which served as the culmination of a series of training activities.
The Joint Command and Staff College aims to equip officer trainees with military sciences and prepare them to become proficient operational leaders and staff officers capable of working in diverse environments and conditions, in line with the latest advancements in military education.
The graduation ceremony was attended by some ministers, commanders of the Sultan’s Armed Forces and military and security services, ambassadors from Arab nations, senior officers from the Sultan’s Armed Forces and other military and security services, military attachés from Arab and friendly embassies in Muscat, as well as members of the college’s academic and instructional staff.
