President Saleh visits military camp

SANA'A, March 17 (Saba) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh visited on
Tuesday several facilities at the al-Sabeen Military Camp of the
First Armored Division in the capital Sana'a.

During his visit, President Saleh got acquainted with training
programs run by the leadership of the al-Sabeen Camp, stressing the
necessity of paying attention to the continuous military trainings
in different areas in order to develop the soldiers' skills and
strengthen their abilities for performing their duties according
plans prepared by Ministry of Defense.

The President praised the heroic acts achieved by the First Armored
Division's soldiers through their national duties in defending the
country and its republican power.

"The soldiers should avail from all experiences and trainings during
the field training operations or during the military missions", said
the President, calling for the soldiers to educate in the aspects of
the sound scientific research which allows assisting the performance
for enhancing the positives aspects and avoid the negative ones.

President Saleh highlighted the qualitative leap achieved by armed
and security forces during its construction and upgrading process,
pointing out the government's keenness to strengthen its defensive
and security potentials through supplying them with up to date
military equipments and weapons which enable them to carry out its
duties competently.

"We appreciate the efforts of the First Armored Division's personnel
to develop and enhance their duties and tasks", said the president,
adding that the armed and security forces are the symbol of the
national unity which built on a national base where military
recruitment camps receive thousands of youth coming from all
governments of the country.

He reconfirmed the importance of training to use effectively
different military weapons and equipments so as to secure operating
and maintaining them properly and achieve the wanted goals, wishing
good luck and success.