MILITARY EXERCISE MAKES HISTORY
Two operations lasting an entire month will put 75,000 Omani and British soldiers through their paces
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Volume 43 No. 152
The largest joint military exercise in the history of the Sultan’s Armed Forces has begun.
Called Al Shomoukh 2 and Saif
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Subscription OMR63 Saree 3 (Arabic for Swift Sword), the joint-military operations between Oman and the UK are expected to run to November and will involve 70,000 Omani and 5,500 UK personnel.
The two exercises are being described as “the largest in the history of the Sultan’s Armed Forces,”
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Al Shomoukh 2 will be carried out by the Sultanate’s Royal Armed Forces, other departments of the Ministry of Defence and the military, along with security forces. The exercise will be immediately
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Chairman/Editor-in-Chief: Mohamed Issa Al Zadjali followed by the joint Omani-British military exercise Saif Saree 3, which will continue until the end of October.
Talking about the joint training, Lt Gen Al Nabhani said, “The exercise will test [participants] in order to train [them at] all strategic levels, such as the operational
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“The number of participants in the exercise reached more than 70,000 from the Sultanate from various military, security and civil bodies. On the side of the Royal British Armed Forces, more than 5,500 British soldiers are set to participate,” Al Nabhani added.
“This exercise is an important opportunity to develop national capabilities in dealing with various issues, whether related to military and security operations or those related to the roles and functions of civil government institutions,” said the Chief of Staff of the Sultan’s Armed Forces.