Official Statement of MND
12th July 2022
President of the Republic, Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence presides over the graduation ceremony of promotions at the Military Academy of Cherchell “late President Houari Boumediene”
Crowning the annual graduation ceremonies at the level of People's National Army training establishments, Mr. Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE, President of the Republic, Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence presided, this Tuesday, 12th July 2022, at the level of the Military Academy of Cherchell “the late President Houari Boumediene”, the annual graduation ceremony of the 53rd promotion of fundamental training, the 15th promotion of common basic military training and the 6th promotion of Master cycle officers.
The President of the Republic was welcomed, at the principal entrance of the Academy, by General Saïd CHANEGRIHA, Chief of Staff of People's National Army, accompanied by Major General Ali SIDANE, Commander of the 1st Military Region and Major General Salmi BACHA, Commander of the Military Academy of Cherchell, where a military formation presented him military honours.
At the entrance of the Academy, the President of the Republic observed a minute’s silence in tribute to “the late President Houari Boumediene” whose name is carried by the Military Academy of Cherchell, then, laid a wreath on the commemorative stele and recited the Fatiha on his pure soul, before following a presentation on the Academy, the training course provided and the graduated promotions.
Afterward, the delegation went to the Place d'Armes, where the President of the Republic presided over the graduation ceremony of new promotions for the 2021-2022 school year, then, he reviewed the squares of the military formations aligned at the level of the place d'Armes, subsequently, the General, Chief of Staff of the People's National Army, delivered a speech through which he thanked the President of the Republic for having supervised the promotions graduation ceremony of the Military Academy of Cherchell, coinciding with the festivities commemorating the 60th anniversary of independence and the recovery of national sovereignty, this pole considered as the backbone of People's National Army training system which consolidates the ranks of our Armed Forces into qualified, competent officers imbued with the principles and the values of our Glorious Liberation Revolution. The General has also welcomed the particular and the permanent interest that the President of the Republic grants to the Academy in the same way as to the other training schools of People's National Army by providing all the conditions and all the human and material means able to promote the capabilities of PNA and to achieve the expected objectives in terms of modernization and professionalization of our Army.
For his part, the Commander of the Military Academy of Cherchell, talked about the pioneering role played by the Academy in the training of an elite of People's National Army executives, by providing them with high quality scientific military training, shaped by exemplary military behaviour imbued with patriotism, strong determination and abnegation in the service of the Nation, through programs that meet the requirements of modern training in the technical and technological fields.
After the taking the oath by the graduated promotions, the President of the Republic proceeded to the presentation of the ranks and diplomas to the best laureates of the promotions, by presenting the diploma to the major of the promotion of the Master cycle, then the rank of Second Lieutenant and the sword of the Academy to the promotion major of Fundamental Training, before inviting the accompanying delegation to present the diplomas and grades to the other laureates. After that, the President of the Republic presented the diploma to the major of the promotion of Common Basic Military Training.
The ceremony continued with the handing over of the standard of the Academy by the graduated promotion of active officers to the promotion which succeeds it, before the major of the 53rd promotion of Fundamental Training submitted to the approval of the President of the Republic the baptism of the class in the name of the late Moudjahid “Abdelhafid BOUSSOUF”, by presenting a short biography of the deceased.
Then, the formation squares took position at the starting point of the parade, leading the way to combat sports exhibitions such as Karate, Kung-fu, Taekwondo as well as group sports movements with and without weapons, bodybuilding exercises and truck jumping and obstacles on fire, before reconstituting figures with the national colours, followed by a demonstrative combat exercise relating to the search for and neutralization of an terrorist group enemy executed by a combined detachment.
The graduation ceremony saw the participation of the Air Forces through the execution of aerial figures performed by different squadrons of combat aircrafts and the execution of a refuelling exercise of fighter aircraft in flight. The President of the Republic subsequently followed the live broadcast on a giant screen of a demonstration exercise carried out by our Naval Forces, entitled “Joint operation to neutralize a terrorist group activating from a harbour”.
The ceremony was closed by a military parade performed on the sounds of military music interpreted by a troop of the Republican Guard, in a parade where the National Flag Guard was at the head of the military formations, followed by the squares of cadets of the Fundamental and Common Basic Military Training, simultaneously with a parachute jumping exhibition.
Thereafter, the President of the Republic followed at the level of the educational complex “Didouche Mourad” a presentation on the scientific club “Aerodynamic Technological Platform” as well as presentations and scientific projects in various specialties developed by officer students of the graduated promotions.
At the end, the President of the Republic honoured the family of the late Moudjahid “Abdelhafid BOUSSOUF”, before signing the Golden Book of the Academy.
The President of the Republic was welcomed, at the principal entrance of the Academy, by General Saïd CHANEGRIHA, Chief of Staff of People's National Army, accompanied by Major General Ali SIDANE, Commander of the 1st Military Region and Major General Salmi BACHA, Commander of the Military Academy of Cherchell, where a military formation presented him military honours.
At the entrance of the Academy, the President of the Republic observed a minute’s silence in tribute to “the late President Houari Boumediene” whose name is carried by the Military Academy of Cherchell, then, laid a wreath on the commemorative stele and recited the Fatiha on his pure soul, before following a presentation on the Academy, the training course provided and the graduated promotions.
Afterward, the delegation went to the Place d'Armes, where the President of the Republic presided over the graduation ceremony of new promotions for the 2021-2022 school year, then, he reviewed the squares of the military formations aligned at the level of the place d'Armes, subsequently, the General, Chief of Staff of the People's National Army, delivered a speech through which he thanked the President of the Republic for having supervised the promotions graduation ceremony of the Military Academy of Cherchell, coinciding with the festivities commemorating the 60th anniversary of independence and the recovery of national sovereignty, this pole considered as the backbone of People's National Army training system which consolidates the ranks of our Armed Forces into qualified, competent officers imbued with the principles and the values of our Glorious Liberation Revolution. The General has also welcomed the particular and the permanent interest that the President of the Republic grants to the Academy in the same way as to the other training schools of People's National Army by providing all the conditions and all the human and material means able to promote the capabilities of PNA and to achieve the expected objectives in terms of modernization and professionalization of our Army.
For his part, the Commander of the Military Academy of Cherchell, talked about the pioneering role played by the Academy in the training of an elite of People's National Army executives, by providing them with high quality scientific military training, shaped by exemplary military behaviour imbued with patriotism, strong determination and abnegation in the service of the Nation, through programs that meet the requirements of modern training in the technical and technological fields.
After the taking the oath by the graduated promotions, the President of the Republic proceeded to the presentation of the ranks and diplomas to the best laureates of the promotions, by presenting the diploma to the major of the promotion of the Master cycle, then the rank of Second Lieutenant and the sword of the Academy to the promotion major of Fundamental Training, before inviting the accompanying delegation to present the diplomas and grades to the other laureates. After that, the President of the Republic presented the diploma to the major of the promotion of Common Basic Military Training.
The ceremony continued with the handing over of the standard of the Academy by the graduated promotion of active officers to the promotion which succeeds it, before the major of the 53rd promotion of Fundamental Training submitted to the approval of the President of the Republic the baptism of the class in the name of the late Moudjahid “Abdelhafid BOUSSOUF”, by presenting a short biography of the deceased.
Then, the formation squares took position at the starting point of the parade, leading the way to combat sports exhibitions such as Karate, Kung-fu, Taekwondo as well as group sports movements with and without weapons, bodybuilding exercises and truck jumping and obstacles on fire, before reconstituting figures with the national colours, followed by a demonstrative combat exercise relating to the search for and neutralization of an terrorist group enemy executed by a combined detachment.
The graduation ceremony saw the participation of the Air Forces through the execution of aerial figures performed by different squadrons of combat aircrafts and the execution of a refuelling exercise of fighter aircraft in flight. The President of the Republic subsequently followed the live broadcast on a giant screen of a demonstration exercise carried out by our Naval Forces, entitled “Joint operation to neutralize a terrorist group activating from a harbour”.
The ceremony was closed by a military parade performed on the sounds of military music interpreted by a troop of the Republican Guard, in a parade where the National Flag Guard was at the head of the military formations, followed by the squares of cadets of the Fundamental and Common Basic Military Training, simultaneously with a parachute jumping exhibition.
Thereafter, the President of the Republic followed at the level of the educational complex “Didouche Mourad” a presentation on the scientific club “Aerodynamic Technological Platform” as well as presentations and scientific projects in various specialties developed by officer students of the graduated promotions.
At the end, the President of the Republic honoured the family of the late Moudjahid “Abdelhafid BOUSSOUF”, before signing the Golden Book of the Academy.
