According to the instructions of His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, with the support of His Highness Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. The Retired Military Personnel Association has delegated 180 of its Members to perform annual Umrah for the season 2013, aiming at achieving the association goals in maintaining general affairs of retired military personnel, martyrs and families of deceased members, as well as strengthening the relations between retired personnel and deploying humanitarian and civilian objectives of the UAE in various fields. The delegation consisted of 180 members, administrative and medical crew, in addition to a religious guide. This mission was organized in line with the activities and services offered by the association to its members, including annual Hajj and Umrah rituals.

E. Lieutenant General; His Highness SheikhSaif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior; metat his office with H. E. Major General; (E) Mubarak Salem Awaidah Al Khaili; Chairman of the Retired Military Personnel Association, and Major General; (E) Ali Majid Al Matroshi and a number of top retired ranks of the Ministry of Interior Affairs.

The meeting was also attended by Major General; Nasser Al Khribani Al Nuaimi; the Secretary General of the office of H. E. Lieutenant General; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and Staff Major General; Obaid Salim Al Hairi Al Katbi; Deputy General Chief of Abu Dhabi Police and a number of top ranked Abu Dhabi police officers.

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H. E. Major General; (E) Mubarak Salem Awaidah Al Khaili; the Chairman of the Retired Military Personnel Association, met the delegate of Community Development Authority in Dubai, at the headquarters of the association. The delegation was headed by H.E Khalid Al Kamda, the General Manager of the Authority. At the beginning of the meeting, which took place on twenty sixth of March 2013, the Chairman of the association welcomed the delegation, and said that: “It is my pleasure and deep appreciation to welcome you among us; as high rank and effective characters, who represent an active organization in the field of social development and all related organizations of the civil society; aiming to revive human being and raise its cultural, lifestyle and social standards, as well as offering all conditions and convenient environment for its consolidation, productive and social participation.” He also added: “the reaction of social society organizations – in their various forms – multilaterally or bilaterally, is for the benefit of comprehensive social development projects, and is positively reflected on the awareness of individuals and the society. It also helps in achieving sustainable growth in living and cultural level of the individual; who is the goal and instrument of development. Both social development and attention participate in removing obstacles and hardships from the way of participation, social and psychological security.”

The delegation listened to a brief introduction on the association; presented by Staff Major General (E) Abdullah Khamis Saeed Al Samahi; the General Manager of the association; where he illustrated the foundation, set up and the goals of the association; along with the support granted by the mature leadership of the state, to the retired military personnel. He also illustrated the achievements made by the association since its establishment, the plans, programs and future activities, which the association is intending to achieve.

The meeting included discussing mutual topics and how to grow and increase the same. The two parties have also agreed to increase mutual cooperation and collaboration; for the benefit of families and society, resulting in the glory and honor of our nation.

The meeting included Members of association board of directors, the General Manager, Division Managers, and from the visiting delegation; Mr. Ahmed Muhammad Al Muhairi; Managing Director of Social Programs and Services Division, Dr. Bushra Al Mulla; Manager of Dubai Centre for Children Development and Mr. Muhammad Ibrahim Al Husni; Operation and Communication Manager at the authority.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi; Crown Prince of Fujairah confirmed the Meeting with Retired Military Personnel in Fujairah, comes in line with our leadership’s attention,represented by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Commander in Chief may God protect him, andHis Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President; Prime Minister; Ruler of Dubai may God protect him, and their Excellency Sheikh members of Supreme Council; and His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; with the affairs of the retired personnel, as our military personnel has chosen to work in the most noble job, for the benefit of our country. Those people have exerted their effort and thoughts all years long to build and develop our military in the United Arab Emirates. They also lifted the value of citizens and submitted the banner to next generation of our nation youths. They went on the way to continue serving our nation through the experience they gained during their work in our military. It was natural then that our prudent leadership pays much attention to the citizens and value the efforts made by all those who work for the good of our nation and citizens.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqihas thanked and appreciated the General Command of our Armed Forces, and the Retired Military Personnel Association, for this effort, by holding this meeting to value the efforts exerted by the retired military sons of our nation.

The meeting took place during H. E. attendance to the second annual meeting of retired military personnel, held by General Command of Armed Forces, in cooperation with the Retired Military Personnel Association, on Monday; 4th of March 2013 at Al Bustan Hall in Fujairah.

From its side, the General Command of our Armed Forces confirmed that this meeting streams from the concerns of our high leadership; headed by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Commander in Chief may God protect him, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President; Prime Minister; Ruler of Dubai may God protect him, and their Excellency Sheikh members of Supreme Council; and His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; with the affairs of the retired personnel, who have exerted their effort and thoughts all years long to build and develop our country. The General Command also confirmed through this meeting that it meets the demands of the retired personnel, and it always seeks their opinions to enforce their position, along with taking care of the unity and solidarity of their families. It also confirmed that it provides security and high standard of life to those families.

The meeting was attended by Major General Matar Salim Al Dhahiri; Head of Administration and Human Resources Division in the General Command of Armed Forces, H. E. Major General; (E) Mubarak Salem Awaidah Al Khaili; the Chairman of the Retired Military Personnel Association, a number of top ranked offcers of Armed Forces and Ministry of Interior, retired personnel, martyr families and a number of citizens.

H. E. Major General; (E) Mubarak Salem Awaidah Al Khaili; the Chairman of the Retired Military Personnel Association, has given a speech noting that the association has achieved many accomplishments at the national level, through cooperating with The Diwan of His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; and Deputy Commander in Chief, General Command of Armed Forces, and competent organizations and entities, for giving support and help to retired military people in need, enabling them to face their living responsibilities.

H. E. Major General; (E) Mubarak Salem Awaidah Al Khaili; the Chairman of the Retired Military Personnel Association, has thanked His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi; Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah, for his concern and unlimited support to the Retired Military Personnel Association, all entities, departments, and organizations in Fujairah and Eastern Province.

At the end of the meeting, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi; Crown Prince of Fujairah, with Major General Matar Salim Al Dhahiri; Head of Administration and Human Resources Division in the General Command of Armed Forces, and H. E. Major General; (E) Mubarak Salem Awaidah Al Khaili; the Chairman of the Retired Military Personnel Association, have honored a number of martyrs sons, under the age of sixteen, who reside on the eastern coasts of United Arab Emirates, along with a number of departments, authorities and organizations in Fujairah and eastern province, for their efforts and unlimited support to Retired Military Personnel Association, and for deepening the cooperation relations between the governmental entities in the state to fulfill the ambitions of the Armed Forces and Retired Military Personnel Association, for serving the retired personnel.

A delegation of Kuwaiti Army visits Retired Military Personnel Association

A delegation of Kuwaiti Army visited the headquarters of the Retired Military Personnel Association. Chairman of the Association; H. E. Major General; (E) Mubarak Salem Awaidah Al Khaili; received the delegation headed by H. E. Staff Major General; Sulaiman Fahad Al Hewail; Deputy Chief of Staff of Administration and Human Resources Division in Kuwaiti Army.

The delegation listened to a brief introduction on the association; presented by Staff Major General (E) Abdullah KhamisSaeed Al Samahi; the General Manager of the association; where he illustrated the foundation, set up and the goals of the association; along with the support granted by the mature leadership of the state, to the retired military personnel. He also illustrated the achievements made by the association since its establishment, the plans, programs and future activities, which the association is intending to achieve.

The meeting included discussing mutual topics and how to grow and increase the same. The two parties have also agreed to increase mutual cooperation and collaboration. At the end of the visit, the two parties traded souvenirs.

Members of association board of directors, the General Manager, Division Managers, and the members of the visiting delegation attended the meeting.

Visit took place on Wednesday 25/9/2013

Report was published on two newspapers:
– Al Ittihad; on Monday 30th September 2013, page 4.
– Al Khaleej; on Monday 30th September 2013, issue 12552, page 2 (with a picture).