In another historic moment in Kingdom’s women empowerment reforms and initiatives, the first batch of women soldiers from the Armed Forces Women’s Cadre Training Center graduated on Wednesday.

The Chief of the General Staff Gen. Fayyad Al-Ruwaili graced the graduation ceremony after completion of the 14-week basic individual course that began on May 30.

Addressing the ceremony, Maj. Gen. Adel Al-Balawi, head of the Armed Forces Education and Training Authority, said that the center aims to provide excellent professional training services for female staff of the Ministry of Defense in the vocational areas that the ministry is in need.

“The center has an important mission, which is to provide distinguished training programs and curricula and an ideal educational environment in accordance with international quality standards that meet the needs of the armed forces of female cadres.

“This aims to achieve better performance that helps realize the ministry’s goals in the future,” he said.

Chief Sgt. Suleiman Al-Maliki, acting commander of the Armed Forces Women’s Cadre Training Center, also spoke on the occasion. Maj. Gen. Hamid Al-Omari, director of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces, and a number of senior officers of the Armed Forces, also attended the function.

Chief Sgt. Hadi Al-Anezi, assistant commander of the center, administered the oath to the graduates. This was followed by the announcement of the results and the names of those graduates who performed outstandingly and won prizes.

At the end of the ceremony, Gen. Al-Ruwaili commented in the registry of the center, in which he thanked the outstanding work of the male and female staff of the center in accomplishing the center’s great mission.

It is noteworthy that Saudi Arabia opened its Armed Forces sector to women with allowing both genders to sign up through launching a unified admission portal in February this year.

Military ranks from soldier to sergeant are available for women in the Saudi Arabia Army, Royal Saudi Air Defense, Royal Saudi Navy, Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force and the Armed Forces Medical Services. Saudi women between the ages of 21 and 40 are allowed to apply for these posts.

Earlystar698:
Meanwhile in Northern Nigeria they are busy cooking for the bandits

FutureIsFemale:
The world is beginning to wake up to the fact that the FUTURE is FEMALE.

Reason why all organisations have started giving women the lead-role to play.

First it was Saudi Arabia taking women football serious. Now is Saudi Arabia graduating female soldiers.

The FUTURE is truly FEMALE.

chatinent:
Ok o. Their uniform tho.

Sure they wouldn't have the same semblance with the Nigerian female soldiers too? No going to war? Tea Girls?

proeast:
The so-called cradle of Islam is now empowering their women after realizing their many years of foolhardiness yet those in the North only use theirs as sex objects. SMH.

FutureIsFemale:
The world is beginning to wake up to the fact that the FUTURE is FEMALE.

Reason why all organisations have started giving women the lead-role to play.

First it was Saudi Arabia taking women football serious. Now is Saudi Arabia graduating female soldiers.

The FUTURE is truly FEMALE.

FutureIsFemale:
Must you quote me? Ode!

Omoluabi1stborn:


Must you post nonsense?

Who trained them? Nah Female?

How many KMs can dey run?

FutureIsFemale:
seun lalasticlala rule 2 broken

2. Don't abuse, bully, deliberately insult/provoke, fight, or wish harm to Nairaland members OR THEIR TRIBES

Omoluabi1stborn:

That's rule 2 madam.
Read am well

FutureIsFemale:
stop quoting me