Police College decorates Thunderbolt, diving courses graduates

THE Police College celebrated the decoration of the third batch of students of Thunderbolt Commandos and the students of the fourth batch of diving courses, which were carried out earlier this year.

The ceremony was attended by Advisor to the Minister of Interior and Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of Police College HE MajorGeneral Dr Abdullah Yousef Al Mal, Director-General of the Police College Brigadier Mohammed Abdullah Al Muhana Al Marri, Director of the Joint Special Forces Staff Brigadier-General Muhammad Naji Al Hababi and a number of officers of the Ministry of Interior, as well as the Joint Special Forces and the Lekhwiya Force.

In a speech on the occasion, Brigadier Marri expressed happiness that the students of the third and fourth classes passed the thunderbolt and diving courses.

He said that the specialised courses qualify the students to successfully deal with all security tasks, given the various and distinguished training they offer that develop the candidates’ skills and raise their security capabilities.

He added that the programmes require high physical fitness and endurance, in addition to psychological and mental readiness and the ability to make decisions.

For his part, Director of the Training Department at the Police College Major Fahad Saeed Al Subaie stressed the importance of such training courses organised by the college.

Al Subaie said that the students’ mastery of all complex exercises and scenarios in the specialised courses was a result of the quality of the approved training programme level in the college.

The Thunderbolt course lasted for nine weeks and was divided into two phases. The first was the preparatory period, in which the nominated students received theoretical and practical lectures, in addition to focusing on exercise to raise the level of their physical fitness. The second phase was executive and lasted six weeks. It included several exercises, including field skills, fighting in populated areas, patrols, descending towers, self-defence, long march and other exercises.

The diving course on the other hand included two training tracks - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part included the basics and physics of diving, while the practical training programme included basic diving skills.

At the end of the ceremony, Major-General Dr Al Mal decorated the graduates of the two courses with the badges of the Thunderbolt and diving courses, and honoured officers and trainers of the Joint Special Forces and Lekhwiya Force in appreciation of their efforts in training the candidates.