THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY IS THE PROTECTIVE SHIELD OF THE HOMELAND, ITS STRONG SWORD AND FORTIFIED FORTRESS, THE TITLE OF SECURITY AND STABILITY, AND THE SYMBOL OF SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE 2021, THE YEAR OF MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY, A RENAISSANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN ALL FIELDS. THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES CARRY OUT COLLECTIVE TRAINING FOR 94% OF ITS UNITS AT VARIOUS LEVELS. THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES THWARTED (361) INFILTRATION AND SMUGGLING OPERATIONS TO MAINTAIN JORDANIAN NATIONAL SECURITY. THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES SEIZED (15.443.707) PILLS OF VARIOUS KINDS AND (760) KG OF HASHISH. COMRADES IN ARMS PROGRAM: GRANTING (27,300) RETIRED NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND (980) MILITARY HOUSING LOAN OFFICERS. A YEAR OF WORK, OUR ARAB ARMY DREW JORDANIAN FEATURES OF PRIDE AND GLORY, WHICH WERE SHAPED BY THE LOYALISTS OF THIS ARMY WITH DETERMINATION AND POWER AS THEY STOOD AS AN IMPENETRABLE DAM TO PROTECT THE BELOVED HOMELAND. SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JORDANIAN STATE AND UP TO THE BICENTENARY, THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE REST OF THE INSTITUTIONS TO BUILD AND DEVELOP THE JORDANIAN STATE WITH ALL ITS INSTITUTIONS IN MANY FIELDS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE PARTNER AND TRIBUTARY TO THE MARCH OF THE JORDANIAN NATIONAL RENAISSANCE AND ACHIEVE THE SUPREME NATIONAL INTEREST, AND IT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE PERFORMING ITS DUTIES PROFESSIONALLY AND EFFICIENTLY, AND PERFORMING ITS DEVELOPMENTAL AND HUMANITARIAN ROLES IN VARIOUS VITAL SECTORS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MOST PROMINENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY IN THE YEAR 2021 IN ALL FIELDS AIMED AT RAISING ITS EFFICIENCY AND READINESS TO CARRY OUT THE DUTIES ENTRUSTED TO IT WITH ALL PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPETENCE. CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE JORDANIAN STATE THE START WILL BE FROM THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE JORDANIAN STATE, WHICH WAS FORMULATED BY THE HASHEMITES ON THE PATH OF TRUTH, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, WHERE HIS MAJESTY THE SUPREME COMMANDER SPONSORED THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND SECURITY SERVICES MARKING THE CENTENARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITS AND SECURITY SERVICES FROM FRIENDLY COUNTRIES AT THE MARTYR’S MEMORIAL / AMMAN AND RAYA SQUARE IN THE ROYAL HASHEMITE COURT, ON THIS OCCASION, HIS MAJESTY BESTOWED THE ARMED FORCES’ STAFF WITH THE CENTENNIAL MEDAL OF THE FIRST STATE, IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF THE KINGDOM. HIS MAJESTY ALSO BESTOWED THE MARTYRS OF THE HOMELAND WITH THE JORDANIAN STATE CENTENNIAL MEDAL, IN APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO THEM FOR THEIR SACRIFICES AND GIVING, WHICH ARE MANIFESTED BY OFFERING THEIR LIVES FOR THE HOMELAND AND THE NATION’S CAUSES. ALL MILITARY FORMATIONS, UNITS AND FOREIGN MILITARY MISSIONS WITNESSED VARIOUS ACTIVITIES IN CELEBRATION OF THE COUNTRY'S CENTENARY. TO CELEBRATE THIS OCCASION, THE DIRECTORATE OF MORAL GUIDANCE ISSUED THE (HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - ARAB ARMY / HISTORY OF HEROISM AND SACRIFICE 1442 AH / 2021 AD) IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH TO NARRATE THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND STORIES OF HEROISM AND SACRIFICE THAT LASTED FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, CROWNED WITH SUCCESS AND GIVING, TO PRESENT TODAY A MODEL OF STABILITY, PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY AND TO REMAIN A WITNESS TO THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE HASHEMITES MADE WITH THE ZEAL OF THE SONS OF THE HOMELAND AND THE NOBLES OF OUR ARMED FORCES AND SECURITY SERVICES, WHO GAVE THE MOST PRECIOUS AND PRECIOUS; MAY THE JORDANIAN FLAG, GOD WILLING, REMAIN HIGH FOR EVER, AND THE ENCYCLOPEDIA WAS POPULARIZED IN THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES CONFERENCE HALL / MARTYR’S MONUMENT AMMAN, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR INFORMATION AFFAIRS, MR. FAISAL SHBOUL, A NUMBER OF ARMED FORCES OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS WHO HAVE A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARMED FORCES. TRAINING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE INSTITUTES AND SCHOOLS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THE OPENING OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING MILITARY SITES THE YEAR 2021 WITNESSED THE PATRONAGE OF HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II, THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ARMED FORCES, THE GRADUATION OF A NUMBER OF MILITARY COURSES, INCLUDING: THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE AVIATION CANDIDATES COURSE/50, THE GRADUATION OF THE ROYAL JORDANIAN NATIONAL DEFENSE COLLEGE, AND HIS MAJESTY INAUGURATED THE BUILDING OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR AVIATION SCIENCES, WHICH BEGAN RECEIVING STUDENTS IN 2015, WHICH AWARDS A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN AVIATION SCIENCES, NAVIGATION AND AIR CONTROL SCIENCES, AND NEW SPECIALIZATIONS IN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY, AVIATION SAFETY SCIENCES, AND AVIATION MANAGEMENT. HRH THE CROWN PRINCE SPONSORED THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE SIXTY-FIRST JOINT COMMAND AND STAFF COURSE, THE TWENTY-FIFTH, IN ADDITION TO HRH PRINCESS MUNA'S PATRONAGE OF THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SECOND BATCH OF FEMALE CANDIDATES FROM THE PRINCESS MUNA COLLEGE OF NURSING. HRH PRINCESS SALMA, ON BEHALF OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING, INAUGURATED THE MILITARY WOMEN'S TRAINING CENTER. THE ELEVENTH BATCH OF CANDIDATES FROM PRINCE HASSAN COLLEGE OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES GRADUATED, WHICH GRADUATES ELITE ISLAMIC SCHOLARS QUALIFIED IN ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE AND MILITARY TRAINING, AND GRADUATES OBTAIN A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN JURISPRUDENCE AND ITS ORIGINS AND MILITARY SCIENCES, AS WELL AS THE INAUGURATION OF THE DIPLOMA OF READINGS AND QUR’ANIC STUDIES / THE SECOND COHORT (IMAM IBN KATHIR REGIMENT ), TO RAISE THE LEVEL AND EFFICIENCY OF IMAMS AND GUIDES AND INSTILL THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN THE SOULS, VALUES AND MORALS OF ITS MEMBERS. MILITARY EXERCISES (INDOOR AND OUTDOOR) THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY ARE WORKING WITH DETERMINATION AND STRENGTH TO ALWAYS REMAIN AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF OPERATIONAL READINESS AND COMBAT READINESS, DOMINATING THE SCENE AND HOLDING THE TRIGGER. THE ARMED FORCES CARRIED OUT COLLECTIVE TRAINING BY 94% OF ITS UNITS AT VARIOUS LEVELS, AND EMPLOYED ALL THE ELEMENTS OF MANEUVER, FIRE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT IN ONE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF WORKING IN VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH REACHED THE FORMATIONS AND UNITS OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY TO A DISTINGUISHED LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE AND PROFESSIONALISM. THESE EXERCISES INCLUDED (17) EXERCISES TACTICAL (SECTORS, LEADERS, SUSPECTS) TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF OPERATIONAL AND COMBAT READINESS, AND ENHANCE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WEAPONS FOR THE ARMED FORCES WITH SCENARIOS AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT SIMULATE THE REALITY IN THE AREA OF OPERATIONS ASSUMED IN OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS, IN ADDITION TO (36) JOINT EXERCISES WITH A NUMBER OF ARMIES OF FRIENDLY AND BROTHERLY COUNTRIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE IN THE KINGDOM, VARIOUS TYPES PARTICIPATED IN IT, AND THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SECURITY AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY, THE SECURITY SERVICES, VARIOUS MINISTRIES, INSTITUTIONS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE KINGDOM, CARRIED OUT THE SAFETY PATH EXERCISE. THE EXERCISE INCLUDED SEVERAL SCENARIOS SIMULATING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ACTIONS TARGETING PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH THE AIM OF RAISING THE EFFICIENCY OF DEALING WITH CRISES AND DISASTERS, AND DEVELOPING THE CAPABILITIES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS. COOPERATION, JOINT WORK AND EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES WITH BROTHERLY AND FRIENDLY COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO ENHANCE COOPERATION, JOINT WORK AND EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES WITH BROTHERLY AND FRIENDLY COUNTRIES, THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES SIGNED A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS OF COOPERATION AND JOINT MILITARY UNDERSTANDING. COOPERATION WITH IT THROUGH AGREEMENTS, MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING AND JOINT EXERCISES. DURING THIS YEAR, THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES HELD (17) JOINT MILITARY COOPERATION MEETINGS WITH THE ARMIES OF FRIENDLY AND BROTHERLY COUNTRIES, AND SIGNED TWO MILITARY UNDERSTANDING AGREEMENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE NATIONAL ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF COMOROS AND THE GEORGIAN ARMED FORCES. QUALIFICATION AND TRAINING IN THE SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTES OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES ARE CONTINUING TO REHABILITATE AND TRAIN THEIR MANPOWER TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE DUTIES ENTRUSTED TO THEM AT VARIOUS LEVELS EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, THROUGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTES AFFILIATED TO THEM AT THEIR VARIOUS LEVELS, AND CONCERNED WITH BUILDING AND DEVELOPING THE CAPABILITIES OF THESE FORCES TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF THE ARMED FORCES. IN 2021, MULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSES WERE HELD IN THE INSTITUTES AND SCHOOLS OF THE ARMED FORCES, WHERE ABOUT (42,138) PARTICIPANTS FROM VARIOUS TYPES OF THE ARMED FORCES PARTICIPATED IN THESE COURSES, AND (376) PARTICIPANTS IN THE COURSES HELD IN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE INSTITUTES, AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WERE INVOLVED IN FOREIGN COURSES IN SISTER AND FRIENDLY COUNTRIES TO EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES IN VARIOUS MILITARY FIELDS. THEIR NUMBER WAS ABOUT (1060) PARTICIPANTS. THE ARMED FORCES SENT (190) MILITARY STUDENTS TO STUDY MEDICINE, ENGINEERING AND MILITARY SCIENCES IN A NUMBER OF FRIENDLY AND BROTHERLY COUNTRIES. AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH VARIOUS STATE AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS IN ORDER TO EXCHANGE THE EXPERIENCES THAT THE ARMED FORCES ENJOY WITH OTHER PARTIES, THE GENERAL COMMAND OF THE ARMED FORCES HAS CONCLUDED MANY AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND CIVIL STATE INSTITUTIONS OF VARIOUS FIELDS, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO RAISING THE PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EFFICIENCY OF ALL PARTIES, INCLUDING THE SIGNING OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE ARMED FORCES AND ( SARH INTERNATIONAL COMPANY FOR CONSULTING AND TRAINING, INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE, TAFILA APPLIED UNIVERSITY, SIGNING A MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE NATIONAL FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING WITH THE JORDANIAN INVESTORS ASSOCIATION AND THE GENERAL UNION OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN JORDAN, SIGNING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE COMMAND, PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY AND THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY). THE GENERAL COMMAND SIGNED MANY AGREEMENTS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH GOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, WHICH WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE REHABILITATION AND TRAINING OF THE SALARIES OF THE ARMED FORCES. AL HUSSEIN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY, AND MUTAH UNIVERSITY). DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNIZATION OF MILITARY VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ROYAL DIRECTIVES SEEKING TO ENHANCE AND DEVELOP THE CAPABILITIES OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIES AND THEIR SETTLEMENT IN LINE WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT, WHICH MAY POSE CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE THE ARMED FORCES TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THEM, THE GENERAL COMMAND OF THE ARMED FORCES HAS TAKEN CARE OF DEVELOPING AND MODERNIZING THE JORDANIAN CENTER FOR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (JODDB) TO DESIGN DEVELOPING DEFENSE EQUIPMENT AND PROVIDING OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS IN THE DEFENSE FIELDS LOCALLY, REGIONALLY AND GLOBALLY, AND SUPPLYING THE ARMED FORCES WITH ADVANCED MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, AS THE CENTER WORKS ON MANUFACTURING WEAPONS AND LIGHT AND HEAVY MACHINERY, REBUILDING WHEELED AND TRACKED ARMORED MECHANISMS, AND MANUFACTURING TOWERS OF VARIOUS MECHANISMS AND AMMUNITION, WHICH HIS MAJESTY THE SUPREME COMMANDER CONTINUED ITS FIELD EXPERIMENTS. . DURING THE YEAR 2021, THE ARMED FORCES INTRODUCED A NUMBER OF HEAVY ARMORED VEHICLES INTO SERVICE, INCLUDING THE CENTARO TANK, WHICH IS WHEELED AND ARMED WITH A 105 MM CANNON, WHICH CONSTITUTES A QUALITATIVE ADDITION TO THE ARMORED WEAPON AND ENHANCES PROFESSIONALISM AND COMBAT EFFICIENCY, AS WELL AS RECEIVED THE FIRST BATCH OF (113) HUMMER VEHICLES. THIS IS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNIZATION PLANS PURSUED BY THE ARMED FORCES TO ENHANCE THE MILITARY CAPABILITIES OF ITS FORCES. THE ARMED FORCES RECEIVED TWO C-130 AIRCRAFT TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE TO CARRY OUT THE TASKS ASSIGNED TO IT AND TO ENHANCE THE AIR TRANSPORT CAPACITY IN PROPORTION TO THE VARIOUS TASKS AND ROLES OPERATIONALLY AND LOGISTICALLY, INCLUDING MAINTAINING INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY, JOINT TRAINING, CONFRONTING NATURAL DISASTERS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROVISION OF HUMANITARIAN AID. AND MEDICAL EVACUATION OPERATIONS. THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A NUMBER OF "LAND CRUISE" MILITARY VEHICLES FROM THE FRENCH ARMED FORCES, WHICH HAVE ADVANCED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND ADVANCED FEATURES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE NATURE OF THE UNITS' WORK. THE ARMED FORCES HAVE ALSO INTRODUCED MECHANISMS FOR DETECTING MINES AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES TO DEVELOP THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERING CORPS IN THE FIELD OF DEALING WITH BLIND MUNITIONS AND INNOVATIVE DETONATION METHODS, AND DEVICES HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO DEVELOP THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERING CORPS IN THE FIELD OF CONFRONTING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. THE EFFORTS OF THE FORMATIONS AND UNITS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN PROTECTING THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF THE KINGDOM THE ARMED FORCES ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO PROTECT THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF THE BORDERS OF THE KINGDOM OF JORDAN TO CONFRONT INFILTRATION AND SMUGGLING OPERATIONS AND ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPERATIONAL SITUATION TO DEAL WITH ALL THREATS AND CHALLENGES FACING THEM IN LIGHT OF THE SECURITY CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED BY THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION AND THE REGION. WHICH ENABLED THE BORDER GUARDS TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY, AS WELL AS THE ARMED FORCES DURING THE YEAR (2021) TO DEPLOY QUALITATIVE FORCES AND SUPPORT AIRCRAFT FROM THE ROYAL AIR FORCE ON THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN FACADES. THE QUALITY FORCES INCLUDED TEAMS SPECIALIZED IN SECURITY DUTIES TRAINED AND QUALIFIED, EQUIPPED WITH THE NECESSARY WEAPONS, DEVICES, EQUIPMENT AND MECHANISMS, IN ADDITION TO AIRCRAFT FROM THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, READY 24 HOURS A DAY TO SUPPORT THE DEPLOYED GROUND FORCES AND ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT TO PREVENT INFILTRATION AND SMUGGLING OPERATIONS, AND TO CONFRONT THREATS. AND THE CHALLENGES FACING THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION AND THE REGION. THIS YEAR, THE ARMED FORCES THWARTED A LARGE NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO SMUGGLE DRUGS, WEAPONS AND THEIR OFFSHOOTS, AMMUNITION AND OTHER PROHIBITED MATERIALS, AND INFILTRATION ACROSS THE BORDER, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN BORDER. ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, IT ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF MANY TERRORISTS AND DRUG SMUGGLERS, AND THEY WERE REFERRED TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES. DURING THE YEAR 2021, THE ARMED FORCES THWARTED (361) INFILTRATION OR SMUGGLING ATTEMPTS, (26) SEIZED INFILTRATION OPERATIONS, AND (48) SEIZED SMUGGLING OPERATIONS. OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS THWARTED THE SMUGGLING OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF NARCOTIC AND PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AS FOLLOWS: N. THE NAME OF THE DRUG THE AMOUNT SEIZED .1 A PALM OF HASHISH (16286) SIXTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX AND THE EQUIVALENT OF (760) KG. .2 VARIOUS NARCOTIC PILLS (TRAMADOL, CAPTAGON, LEXIS, GALICA, BLARICA) (15443707) FIFTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN TABLETS .3 NARCOTIC PILLS WITH A SACK (11) ELEVEN sacks .4 ANESTHETIC POWDER (CRYSTAL) (1998) ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT GRAMS .5 VARIOUS NARCOTIC SUBSTANCES (10369) TEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE KILOGRAMS. ALSO, QUANTITIES OF PROHIBITED WEAPONS, AMMUNITION, DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT WERE SEIZED, AND THE ROYAL ENGINEERING CORPS DISPOSED OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF VARIOUS EXPIRED MUNITIONS, BLIND AMMUNITION AND VARIOUS EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS LEFT OVER FROM WAR, SHOOTING AND MILITARY EXERCISES IN THE DESIGNATED TRAINING AREAS. HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS (DETECTION, PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL) WERE ALSO DEALT WITH IN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITIES, AIRPORTS AND BORDER CROSSINGS IN DIFFERENT QUANTITIES. MILITARY MEDIA AND BECAUSE THE MILITARY MEDIA IS THE MAIN AUXILIARY TO THE STATE’S OFFICIAL MEDIA AND THE MAIN PILLAR IN SUPPORTING NATIONAL SECURITY, AS IT KEEPS PACE WITH MODERNIZATION AND RENEWAL IN ITS TOOLS AND MEANS AND THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS WITNESSED BY THE WORLD IN THE MEDIA SECTOR, AT THE MARTYR’S MEMORIAL / AMMAN IN THE DIRECTORATE OF MORAL GUIDANCE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF INAUGURATED THE MILITARY MEDIA TRAINING INSTITUTE WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE AIM OF TRAINING, QUALIFYING AND PREPARING MEDIA CADRES FROM THE SALARIES OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY, SECURITY SERVICES AND EMPLOYEES OF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF MEDIA, IN ADDITION TO ATTRACTING STUDENTS IN THE FIELD OF MILITARY MEDIA FROM BROTHERLY AND FRIENDLY ARMIES, AS WELL AS A STUDIO FOR THE ARMED FORCES, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED AND EQUIPPED IN COOPERATION WITH THE FOUNDATION RADIO AND TELEVISION, IN AN EFFORT TO DEVELOP THE MEDIA IN THE ARMED FORCES, TO SERVE THE MILITARY INFORMATION PROCESS AND EXPAND ITS SPHERE OF ACTIVITY IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY, SPEED, MODERNIZATION, INFORMATION TRANSFER AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC, BOTH MILITARY AND CIVIL, AND TO PRESENT THE MEDIA MESSAGE IN A WAY THAT IMMUNIZES BOTH THE SOLDIER AND THE CITIZEN AGAINST THE INTELLECTUAL AND MEDIA INVASION, AND MANAGING IT IN A MODERN MEDIA STYLE AND DELIVERING IT TO THE TARGET SEGMENTS IN COOPERATION AND COORDINATION WITH THE MEANS OF OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION ACCORDING TO THE DRAWN MEDIA PLANS. THE CONFERENCE HALL OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY WAS ALSO OPENED, WHICH WAS EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES AND WAS PREPARED WITH ALL MEANS AND CAPABILITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHEN HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCES ON VARIOUS MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND CONFERENCES IN WHICH THE ARMED FORCES ARE A PARTY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MILITARY MEDIA POLICY. THE DIRECTORATE OF MORAL GUIDANCE ALSO LAUNCHED THE MILITARY TELEVISION BROADCAST (SHIELD OF THE NATION), WHICH IS BROADCAST ON JORDANIAN TELEVISION THROUGH A TELEVISION PROGRAM COURSE FOR THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP MILITARY MEDIA TOOLS AND CONTENT WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MODERN INFORMATION AND MEDIA ENVIRONMENT, TO INCREASE CONTINUITY AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ARMED FORCES. AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, BY INFORMING THEM OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS CARRIED OUT BY THE ARMED FORCES, IN ADDITION TO LAUNCHING THE NEW WEBSITE OF THE GENERAL COMMAND OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES, WHICH ALLOWS THE BROWSER TO VIEW THE LATEST NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ISSUED BY THE ARMED FORCES, AND TO OBTAIN INFORMATION SEAMLESSLY AND EASILY ABOUT THE LATEST ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS ON THE ARENA OF THE ARMED FORCES IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH. MILITARY EXHIBITIONS THE GENERAL COMMAND OF THE ARMED FORCES IS HOLDING A NUMBER OF JOINT MILITARY EXHIBITIONS WITH VARIOUS STATE INSTITUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CONFERENCES TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES AND DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY, WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE AL HUSSEIN BIN ABDULLAH II, CROWN PRINCE, WHICH AIMED TO GATHER INTELLIGENCE EXPERTS THE LEADERS IN DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY WITH DECISION MAKERS TO DISCUSS THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS FIELD. IT IS REPORTED THAT THE SOFEX EXHIBITION IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD DURING THIS YEAR 2022 IN THE KINGDOM, WHICH WAS CANCELED IN 2020 DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC; TO ALLOW COMPANIES SPECIALIZED IN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES TO DISPLAY THEIR PRODUCTS IN THIS SECTOR. MILITARY RETIREES THE ARMED FORCES ARE CONSTANTLY SEEKING TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF MILITARY RETIREES AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE BEST SERVICES AND FACILITIES, THROUGH CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM TO RAISE THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING AND IMPROVE THEIR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING THE MILITARY RETIREES INSTITUTION IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT CHALLENGES AND CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THE INTEREST OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE MILITARY RETIREES, HIS MAJESTY DIRECTED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE “COMRADES IN ARMS” PROGRAM TO SUPPORT MILITARY RETIREES AND VETERANS, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF HIS HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED FIVE AXES, INCLUDING THREE MATERIAL AXES AND TWO MORAL AXES, REPRESENTED IN ACCELERATING THE ROLE OF MILITARY HOUSING LOANS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BANKING SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE MILITARY CREDIT FUND AND THE PROGRAM OF BENEFITS AND DISCOUNTS WITHIN A WIDE NETWORK OF MERCHANTS AND SUPPLIERS, AND FINDING SPECIAL PATHS FOR RETIREES IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS, IN ADDITION TO ORIENTATION AND TRAINING COURSES FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS BEFORE RETIREMENT. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THE ROLE OF OBTAINING A MILITARY HOUSING LOAN FOR THIS YEAR WAS ACCELERATED, AS (27,300) TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED RETIRED NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WERE GRANTED, AS WELL AS (980) NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MILITARY HOUSING LOAN OFFICERS. THE GENERAL COMMAND PERIODICALLY MEETS WITH MILITARY RETIREES AND VETERANS, STRESSING THAT THEY ARE THE REAL SUPPORT OF THE ARMED FORCES IN DEFENDING THE HOMELAND AND PRESERVING ITS ACHIEVEMENTS, PRAISING THEIR ACTIVE ROLE IN ACHIEVING COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL SECURITY IN LIGHT OF THE SURROUNDING REGIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND CHANGES AND THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE COUNTRY. COMRADES-IN-ARMS SPECIALTY CLINICS WERE OPENED IN AL-HUSSEIN MEDICAL CITY TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE, IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROYAL DIRECTIVES TO PROVIDE MEDICAL AND TREATMENT SERVICES TO WORKING AND RETIRED COMRADES-IN-ARMS WHO SPENT THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY. TO EASE THE BURDEN ON MILITARY RETIREES, THE ARMED FORCES ISSUED THE COMRADES IN ARMS CARD, WHICH OFFERS A DISCOUNT OF (10)% TO RETIREES AND MILITARY WORKERS IN THE MARKETS OF THE MILITARY CONSUMER CORPORATION. We conclude by talking about an endless stream of giving and achievement by inaugurating the work of the second government leadership program, which is organized by the Royal Jordanian National Defense College within the parallel academic programs that are held annually in its premises for a number of sectors of the state, to prepare leadership elements from the various sectors of the state (military and civilian), and to qualify Elected officers from the Jordanian Armed Forces and the forces of brotherly and friendly countries to occupy important and prominent positions in times of war and peace. May God protect the homeland, its leader, its people, and its proud army.
THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY IS THE PROTECTIVE SHIELD OF THE HOMELAND, ITS STRONG SWORD AND FORTIFIED FORTRESS, THE TITLE OF SECURITY AND STABILITY, AND THE SYMBOL OF SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE
2021, THE YEAR OF MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY, A RENAISSANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN ALL FIELDS.
THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES CARRY OUT COLLECTIVE TRAINING FOR 94% OF ITS UNITS AT VARIOUS LEVELS.
THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES THWARTED (361) INFILTRATION AND SMUGGLING OPERATIONS TO MAINTAIN JORDANIAN NATIONAL SECURITY.
THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES SEIZED (15.443.707) PILLS OF VARIOUS KINDS AND (760) KG OF HASHISH.
COMRADES IN ARMS PROGRAM: GRANTING (27,300) RETIRED NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND (980) MILITARY HOUSING LOAN OFFICERS.
A YEAR OF WORK, OUR ARAB ARMY DREW JORDANIAN FEATURES OF PRIDE AND GLORY, WHICH WERE SHAPED BY THE LOYALISTS OF THIS ARMY WITH DETERMINATION AND POWER AS THEY STOOD AS AN IMPENETRABLE DAM TO PROTECT THE BELOVED HOMELAND. SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JORDANIAN STATE AND UP TO THE BICENTENARY, THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE REST OF THE INSTITUTIONS TO BUILD AND DEVELOP THE JORDANIAN STATE WITH ALL ITS INSTITUTIONS IN MANY FIELDS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE PARTNER AND TRIBUTARY TO THE MARCH OF THE JORDANIAN NATIONAL RENAISSANCE AND ACHIEVE THE SUPREME NATIONAL INTEREST, AND IT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE PERFORMING ITS DUTIES PROFESSIONALLY AND EFFICIENTLY, AND PERFORMING ITS DEVELOPMENTAL AND HUMANITARIAN ROLES IN VARIOUS VITAL SECTORS.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MOST PROMINENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY IN THE YEAR 2021 IN ALL FIELDS AIMED AT RAISING ITS EFFICIENCY AND READINESS TO CARRY OUT THE DUTIES ENTRUSTED TO IT WITH ALL PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPETENCE.
CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE JORDANIAN STATE
THE START WILL BE FROM THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE JORDANIAN STATE, WHICH WAS FORMULATED BY THE HASHEMITES ON THE PATH OF TRUTH, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, WHERE HIS MAJESTY THE SUPREME COMMANDER SPONSORED THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND SECURITY SERVICES MARKING THE CENTENARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITS AND SECURITY SERVICES FROM FRIENDLY COUNTRIES AT THE MARTYR’S MEMORIAL / AMMAN AND RAYA SQUARE IN THE ROYAL HASHEMITE COURT,
ON THIS OCCASION, HIS MAJESTY BESTOWED THE ARMED FORCES’ STAFF WITH THE CENTENNIAL MEDAL OF THE FIRST STATE, IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF THE KINGDOM. HIS MAJESTY ALSO BESTOWED THE MARTYRS OF THE HOMELAND WITH THE JORDANIAN STATE CENTENNIAL MEDAL, IN APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO THEM FOR THEIR SACRIFICES AND GIVING, WHICH ARE MANIFESTED BY OFFERING THEIR LIVES FOR THE HOMELAND AND THE NATION’S CAUSES.
ALL MILITARY FORMATIONS, UNITS AND FOREIGN MILITARY MISSIONS WITNESSED VARIOUS ACTIVITIES IN CELEBRATION OF THE COUNTRY'S CENTENARY. TO CELEBRATE THIS OCCASION, THE DIRECTORATE OF MORAL GUIDANCE ISSUED THE (HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - ARAB ARMY / HISTORY OF HEROISM AND SACRIFICE 1442 AH / 2021 AD) IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH TO NARRATE THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND STORIES OF HEROISM AND SACRIFICE THAT LASTED FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, CROWNED WITH SUCCESS AND GIVING, TO PRESENT TODAY A MODEL OF STABILITY, PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY AND TO REMAIN A WITNESS TO THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE HASHEMITES MADE WITH THE ZEAL OF THE SONS OF THE HOMELAND AND THE NOBLES OF OUR ARMED FORCES AND SECURITY SERVICES, WHO GAVE THE MOST PRECIOUS AND PRECIOUS; MAY THE JORDANIAN FLAG, GOD WILLING, REMAIN HIGH FOR EVER, AND THE ENCYCLOPEDIA WAS POPULARIZED IN THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES CONFERENCE HALL / MARTYR’S MONUMENT AMMAN, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR INFORMATION AFFAIRS, MR. FAISAL SHBOUL, A NUMBER OF ARMED FORCES OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS WHO HAVE A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARMED FORCES.
TRAINING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE INSTITUTES AND SCHOOLS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THE OPENING OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING MILITARY SITES
THE YEAR 2021 WITNESSED THE PATRONAGE OF HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II, THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ARMED FORCES, THE GRADUATION OF A NUMBER OF MILITARY COURSES, INCLUDING: THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE AVIATION CANDIDATES COURSE/50, THE GRADUATION OF THE ROYAL JORDANIAN NATIONAL DEFENSE COLLEGE, AND HIS MAJESTY INAUGURATED THE BUILDING OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR AVIATION SCIENCES, WHICH BEGAN RECEIVING STUDENTS IN 2015, WHICH AWARDS A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN AVIATION SCIENCES, NAVIGATION AND AIR CONTROL SCIENCES, AND NEW SPECIALIZATIONS IN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY, AVIATION SAFETY SCIENCES, AND AVIATION MANAGEMENT.
HRH THE CROWN PRINCE SPONSORED THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE SIXTY-FIRST JOINT COMMAND AND STAFF COURSE, THE TWENTY-FIFTH, IN ADDITION TO HRH PRINCESS MUNA'S PATRONAGE OF THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SECOND BATCH OF FEMALE CANDIDATES FROM THE PRINCESS MUNA COLLEGE OF NURSING. HRH PRINCESS SALMA, ON BEHALF OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING, INAUGURATED THE MILITARY WOMEN'S TRAINING CENTER.
THE ELEVENTH BATCH OF CANDIDATES FROM PRINCE HASSAN COLLEGE OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES GRADUATED, WHICH GRADUATES ELITE ISLAMIC SCHOLARS QUALIFIED IN ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE AND MILITARY TRAINING, AND GRADUATES OBTAIN A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN JURISPRUDENCE AND ITS ORIGINS AND MILITARY SCIENCES, AS WELL AS THE INAUGURATION OF THE DIPLOMA OF READINGS AND QUR’ANIC STUDIES / THE SECOND COHORT (IMAM IBN KATHIR REGIMENT ), TO RAISE THE LEVEL AND EFFICIENCY OF IMAMS AND GUIDES AND INSTILL THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN THE SOULS, VALUES AND MORALS OF ITS MEMBERS.
MILITARY EXERCISES (INDOOR AND OUTDOOR)
THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY ARE WORKING WITH DETERMINATION AND STRENGTH TO ALWAYS REMAIN AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF OPERATIONAL READINESS AND COMBAT READINESS, DOMINATING THE SCENE AND HOLDING THE TRIGGER. THE ARMED FORCES CARRIED OUT
COLLECTIVE TRAINING BY 94% OF ITS UNITS AT VARIOUS LEVELS, AND EMPLOYED ALL THE ELEMENTS OF MANEUVER, FIRE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT IN ONE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF WORKING IN VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH REACHED THE FORMATIONS AND UNITS OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY TO A DISTINGUISHED LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE AND PROFESSIONALISM. THESE EXERCISES INCLUDED (17) EXERCISES TACTICAL (SECTORS, LEADERS, SUSPECTS) TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF OPERATIONAL AND COMBAT READINESS, AND ENHANCE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WEAPONS FOR THE ARMED FORCES WITH SCENARIOS AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT SIMULATE THE REALITY IN THE AREA OF OPERATIONS ASSUMED IN OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS, IN ADDITION TO (36) JOINT EXERCISES WITH A NUMBER OF ARMIES OF FRIENDLY AND BROTHERLY COUNTRIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE IN THE KINGDOM, VARIOUS TYPES PARTICIPATED IN IT, AND THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SECURITY AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY, THE SECURITY SERVICES, VARIOUS MINISTRIES, INSTITUTIONS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE KINGDOM, CARRIED OUT THE SAFETY PATH EXERCISE. THE EXERCISE INCLUDED SEVERAL SCENARIOS SIMULATING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ACTIONS TARGETING PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH THE AIM OF RAISING THE EFFICIENCY OF DEALING WITH CRISES AND DISASTERS, AND DEVELOPING THE CAPABILITIES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS.
COOPERATION, JOINT WORK AND EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES WITH BROTHERLY AND FRIENDLY COUNTRIES
IN ORDER TO ENHANCE COOPERATION, JOINT WORK AND EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES WITH BROTHERLY AND FRIENDLY COUNTRIES, THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES SIGNED A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS OF COOPERATION AND JOINT MILITARY UNDERSTANDING. COOPERATION WITH IT THROUGH AGREEMENTS, MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING AND JOINT EXERCISES. DURING THIS YEAR, THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES HELD (17) JOINT MILITARY COOPERATION MEETINGS WITH THE ARMIES OF FRIENDLY AND BROTHERLY COUNTRIES, AND SIGNED TWO MILITARY UNDERSTANDING AGREEMENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE NATIONAL ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF COMOROS AND THE GEORGIAN ARMED FORCES.
QUALIFICATION AND TRAINING IN THE SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTES OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY
THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES ARE CONTINUING TO REHABILITATE AND TRAIN THEIR MANPOWER TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE DUTIES ENTRUSTED TO THEM AT VARIOUS LEVELS EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, THROUGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTES AFFILIATED TO THEM AT THEIR VARIOUS LEVELS, AND CONCERNED WITH BUILDING AND DEVELOPING THE CAPABILITIES OF THESE FORCES TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF THE ARMED FORCES. IN 2021, MULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSES WERE HELD IN THE INSTITUTES AND SCHOOLS OF THE ARMED FORCES, WHERE ABOUT (42,138) PARTICIPANTS FROM VARIOUS TYPES OF THE ARMED FORCES PARTICIPATED IN THESE COURSES, AND (376) PARTICIPANTS IN THE COURSES HELD IN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE INSTITUTES, AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WERE INVOLVED IN FOREIGN COURSES IN SISTER AND FRIENDLY COUNTRIES TO EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES IN VARIOUS MILITARY FIELDS. THEIR NUMBER WAS ABOUT (1060) PARTICIPANTS. THE ARMED FORCES SENT (190) MILITARY STUDENTS TO STUDY MEDICINE, ENGINEERING AND MILITARY SCIENCES IN A NUMBER OF FRIENDLY AND BROTHERLY COUNTRIES.
AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH VARIOUS STATE AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS
IN ORDER TO EXCHANGE THE EXPERIENCES THAT THE ARMED FORCES ENJOY WITH OTHER PARTIES, THE GENERAL COMMAND OF THE ARMED FORCES HAS CONCLUDED MANY AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND CIVIL STATE INSTITUTIONS OF VARIOUS FIELDS, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO RAISING THE PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EFFICIENCY OF ALL PARTIES, INCLUDING THE SIGNING OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE ARMED FORCES AND ( SARH INTERNATIONAL COMPANY FOR CONSULTING AND TRAINING, INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE, TAFILA APPLIED UNIVERSITY, SIGNING A MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE NATIONAL FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING WITH THE JORDANIAN INVESTORS ASSOCIATION AND THE GENERAL UNION OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN JORDAN, SIGNING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE COMMAND, PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY AND THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY).
THE GENERAL COMMAND SIGNED MANY AGREEMENTS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH GOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, WHICH WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE REHABILITATION AND TRAINING OF THE SALARIES OF THE ARMED FORCES. AL HUSSEIN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY, AND MUTAH UNIVERSITY).
DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNIZATION OF MILITARY VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ROYAL DIRECTIVES SEEKING TO ENHANCE AND DEVELOP THE CAPABILITIES OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIES AND THEIR SETTLEMENT IN LINE WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT, WHICH MAY POSE CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE THE ARMED FORCES TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THEM, THE GENERAL COMMAND OF THE ARMED FORCES HAS TAKEN CARE OF DEVELOPING AND MODERNIZING THE JORDANIAN CENTER FOR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (JODDB) TO DESIGN DEVELOPING DEFENSE EQUIPMENT AND PROVIDING OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS IN THE DEFENSE FIELDS LOCALLY, REGIONALLY AND GLOBALLY, AND SUPPLYING THE ARMED FORCES WITH ADVANCED MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, AS THE CENTER WORKS ON MANUFACTURING WEAPONS AND LIGHT AND HEAVY MACHINERY, REBUILDING WHEELED AND TRACKED ARMORED MECHANISMS, AND MANUFACTURING TOWERS OF VARIOUS MECHANISMS AND AMMUNITION, WHICH HIS MAJESTY THE SUPREME COMMANDER CONTINUED ITS FIELD EXPERIMENTS. .
DURING THE YEAR 2021, THE ARMED FORCES INTRODUCED A NUMBER OF HEAVY ARMORED VEHICLES INTO SERVICE, INCLUDING THE CENTARO TANK, WHICH IS WHEELED AND ARMED WITH A 105 MM CANNON, WHICH CONSTITUTES A QUALITATIVE ADDITION TO THE ARMORED WEAPON AND ENHANCES PROFESSIONALISM AND COMBAT EFFICIENCY, AS WELL AS RECEIVED THE FIRST BATCH OF (113) HUMMER VEHICLES. THIS IS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNIZATION PLANS PURSUED BY THE ARMED FORCES TO ENHANCE THE MILITARY CAPABILITIES OF ITS FORCES.
THE ARMED FORCES RECEIVED TWO C-130 AIRCRAFT TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE TO CARRY OUT THE TASKS ASSIGNED TO IT AND TO ENHANCE THE AIR TRANSPORT CAPACITY IN PROPORTION TO THE VARIOUS TASKS AND ROLES OPERATIONALLY AND LOGISTICALLY, INCLUDING MAINTAINING INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY, JOINT TRAINING, CONFRONTING NATURAL DISASTERS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROVISION OF HUMANITARIAN AID. AND MEDICAL EVACUATION OPERATIONS. THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A NUMBER OF "LAND CRUISE" MILITARY VEHICLES FROM THE FRENCH ARMED FORCES, WHICH HAVE ADVANCED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND ADVANCED FEATURES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE NATURE OF THE UNITS' WORK.
THE ARMED FORCES HAVE ALSO INTRODUCED MECHANISMS FOR DETECTING MINES AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES TO DEVELOP THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERING CORPS IN THE FIELD OF DEALING WITH BLIND MUNITIONS AND INNOVATIVE DETONATION METHODS, AND DEVICES HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO DEVELOP THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERING CORPS IN THE FIELD OF CONFRONTING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
THE EFFORTS OF THE FORMATIONS AND UNITS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN PROTECTING THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF THE KINGDOM
THE ARMED FORCES ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO PROTECT THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF THE BORDERS OF THE KINGDOM OF JORDAN TO CONFRONT INFILTRATION AND SMUGGLING OPERATIONS AND ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPERATIONAL SITUATION TO DEAL WITH ALL THREATS AND CHALLENGES FACING THEM IN LIGHT OF THE SECURITY CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED BY THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION AND THE REGION. WHICH ENABLED THE BORDER GUARDS TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY, AS WELL AS THE ARMED FORCES DURING THE YEAR (2021) TO DEPLOY QUALITATIVE FORCES AND SUPPORT AIRCRAFT FROM THE ROYAL AIR FORCE ON THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN FACADES.
THE QUALITY FORCES INCLUDED TEAMS SPECIALIZED IN SECURITY DUTIES TRAINED AND QUALIFIED, EQUIPPED WITH THE NECESSARY WEAPONS, DEVICES, EQUIPMENT AND MECHANISMS, IN ADDITION TO AIRCRAFT FROM THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, READY 24 HOURS A DAY TO SUPPORT THE DEPLOYED GROUND FORCES AND ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT TO PREVENT INFILTRATION AND SMUGGLING OPERATIONS, AND TO CONFRONT THREATS. AND THE CHALLENGES FACING THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION AND THE REGION.
THIS YEAR, THE ARMED FORCES THWARTED A LARGE NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO SMUGGLE DRUGS, WEAPONS AND THEIR OFFSHOOTS, AMMUNITION AND OTHER PROHIBITED MATERIALS, AND INFILTRATION ACROSS THE BORDER, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN BORDER. ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, IT ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF MANY TERRORISTS AND DRUG SMUGGLERS, AND THEY WERE REFERRED TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES.
DURING THE YEAR 2021, THE ARMED FORCES THWARTED (361) INFILTRATION OR SMUGGLING ATTEMPTS, (26) SEIZED INFILTRATION OPERATIONS, AND (48) SEIZED SMUGGLING OPERATIONS. OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS THWARTED THE SMUGGLING OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF NARCOTIC AND PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AS FOLLOWS:
N.
THE NAME OF THE DRUG
THE AMOUNT SEIZED
.1
A PALM OF HASHISH
(16286) SIXTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX AND THE EQUIVALENT OF (760) KG.
.2
VARIOUS NARCOTIC PILLS
(TRAMADOL, CAPTAGON, LEXIS, GALICA, BLARICA) (15443707) FIFTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN TABLETS
.3
NARCOTIC PILLS WITH A SACK
(11) ELEVEN sacks
.4
ANESTHETIC POWDER (CRYSTAL)
(1998) ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT GRAMS
.5
VARIOUS NARCOTIC SUBSTANCES
(10369) TEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE KILOGRAMS.
ALSO, QUANTITIES OF PROHIBITED WEAPONS, AMMUNITION, DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT WERE SEIZED, AND THE ROYAL ENGINEERING CORPS DISPOSED OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF VARIOUS EXPIRED MUNITIONS, BLIND AMMUNITION AND VARIOUS EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS LEFT OVER FROM WAR, SHOOTING AND MILITARY EXERCISES IN THE DESIGNATED TRAINING AREAS. HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS (DETECTION, PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL) WERE ALSO DEALT WITH IN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITIES, AIRPORTS AND BORDER CROSSINGS IN DIFFERENT QUANTITIES.
MILITARY MEDIA
AND BECAUSE THE MILITARY MEDIA IS THE MAIN AUXILIARY TO THE STATE’S OFFICIAL MEDIA AND THE MAIN PILLAR IN SUPPORTING NATIONAL SECURITY, AS IT KEEPS PACE WITH MODERNIZATION AND RENEWAL IN ITS TOOLS AND MEANS AND THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS WITNESSED BY THE WORLD IN THE MEDIA SECTOR, AT THE MARTYR’S MEMORIAL / AMMAN IN THE DIRECTORATE OF MORAL GUIDANCE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF INAUGURATED THE MILITARY MEDIA TRAINING INSTITUTE WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE AIM OF TRAINING, QUALIFYING AND PREPARING MEDIA CADRES FROM THE SALARIES OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY, SECURITY SERVICES AND EMPLOYEES OF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF MEDIA, IN ADDITION TO ATTRACTING STUDENTS IN THE FIELD OF MILITARY MEDIA FROM BROTHERLY AND FRIENDLY ARMIES, AS WELL AS A STUDIO FOR THE ARMED FORCES, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED AND EQUIPPED IN COOPERATION WITH THE FOUNDATION RADIO AND TELEVISION, IN AN EFFORT TO DEVELOP THE MEDIA IN THE ARMED FORCES, TO SERVE THE MILITARY INFORMATION PROCESS AND EXPAND ITS SPHERE OF ACTIVITY IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY, SPEED, MODERNIZATION, INFORMATION TRANSFER AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC, BOTH MILITARY AND CIVIL, AND TO PRESENT THE MEDIA MESSAGE IN A WAY THAT IMMUNIZES BOTH THE SOLDIER AND THE CITIZEN AGAINST THE INTELLECTUAL AND MEDIA INVASION, AND MANAGING IT IN A MODERN MEDIA STYLE AND DELIVERING IT TO THE TARGET SEGMENTS IN COOPERATION AND COORDINATION WITH THE MEANS OF OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION ACCORDING TO THE DRAWN MEDIA PLANS. THE CONFERENCE HALL OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES - THE ARAB ARMY WAS ALSO OPENED, WHICH WAS EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES AND WAS PREPARED WITH ALL MEANS AND CAPABILITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHEN HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCES ON VARIOUS MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND CONFERENCES IN WHICH THE ARMED FORCES ARE A PARTY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MILITARY MEDIA POLICY. THE DIRECTORATE OF MORAL GUIDANCE ALSO LAUNCHED THE MILITARY TELEVISION BROADCAST (SHIELD OF THE NATION), WHICH IS BROADCAST ON JORDANIAN TELEVISION THROUGH A TELEVISION PROGRAM COURSE FOR THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP MILITARY MEDIA TOOLS AND CONTENT WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MODERN INFORMATION AND MEDIA ENVIRONMENT, TO INCREASE CONTINUITY AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ARMED FORCES. AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, BY INFORMING THEM OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS CARRIED OUT BY THE ARMED FORCES, IN ADDITION TO LAUNCHING THE NEW WEBSITE OF THE GENERAL COMMAND OF THE JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES, WHICH ALLOWS THE BROWSER TO VIEW THE LATEST NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ISSUED BY THE ARMED FORCES, AND TO OBTAIN INFORMATION SEAMLESSLY AND EASILY ABOUT THE LATEST ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS ON THE ARENA OF THE ARMED FORCES IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH.
MILITARY EXHIBITIONS
THE GENERAL COMMAND OF THE ARMED FORCES IS HOLDING A NUMBER OF JOINT MILITARY EXHIBITIONS WITH VARIOUS STATE INSTITUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CONFERENCES TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES AND DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY, WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE AL HUSSEIN BIN ABDULLAH II, CROWN PRINCE, WHICH AIMED TO GATHER INTELLIGENCE EXPERTS THE LEADERS IN DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY WITH DECISION MAKERS TO DISCUSS THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS FIELD.
IT IS REPORTED THAT THE SOFEX EXHIBITION IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD DURING THIS YEAR 2022 IN THE KINGDOM, WHICH WAS CANCELED IN 2020 DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC; TO ALLOW COMPANIES SPECIALIZED IN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES TO DISPLAY THEIR PRODUCTS IN THIS SECTOR.
MILITARY RETIREES
THE ARMED FORCES ARE CONSTANTLY SEEKING TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF MILITARY RETIREES AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE BEST SERVICES AND FACILITIES, THROUGH CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM TO RAISE THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING AND IMPROVE THEIR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING THE MILITARY RETIREES INSTITUTION IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT CHALLENGES AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
IN THE INTEREST OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE MILITARY RETIREES, HIS MAJESTY DIRECTED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE “COMRADES IN ARMS” PROGRAM TO SUPPORT MILITARY RETIREES AND VETERANS, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF HIS HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED FIVE AXES, INCLUDING THREE MATERIAL AXES AND TWO MORAL AXES, REPRESENTED IN ACCELERATING THE ROLE OF MILITARY HOUSING LOANS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BANKING SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE MILITARY CREDIT FUND AND THE PROGRAM OF BENEFITS AND DISCOUNTS WITHIN A WIDE NETWORK OF MERCHANTS AND SUPPLIERS, AND FINDING SPECIAL PATHS FOR RETIREES IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS, IN ADDITION TO ORIENTATION AND TRAINING COURSES FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS BEFORE RETIREMENT. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THE ROLE OF OBTAINING A MILITARY HOUSING LOAN FOR THIS YEAR WAS ACCELERATED, AS (27,300) TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED RETIRED NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WERE GRANTED, AS WELL AS (980) NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MILITARY HOUSING LOAN OFFICERS.
THE GENERAL COMMAND PERIODICALLY MEETS WITH MILITARY RETIREES AND VETERANS, STRESSING THAT THEY ARE THE REAL SUPPORT OF THE ARMED FORCES IN DEFENDING THE HOMELAND AND PRESERVING ITS ACHIEVEMENTS, PRAISING THEIR ACTIVE ROLE IN ACHIEVING COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL SECURITY IN LIGHT OF THE SURROUNDING REGIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND CHANGES AND THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE COUNTRY.
COMRADES-IN-ARMS SPECIALTY CLINICS WERE OPENED IN AL-HUSSEIN MEDICAL CITY TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE, IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROYAL DIRECTIVES TO PROVIDE MEDICAL AND TREATMENT SERVICES TO WORKING AND RETIRED COMRADES-IN-ARMS WHO SPENT THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY.
TO EASE THE BURDEN ON MILITARY RETIREES, THE ARMED FORCES ISSUED THE COMRADES IN ARMS CARD, WHICH OFFERS A DISCOUNT OF (10)% TO RETIREES AND MILITARY WORKERS IN THE MARKETS OF THE MILITARY CONSUMER CORPORATION.
We conclude by talking about an endless stream of giving and achievement by inaugurating the work of the second government leadership program, which is organized by the Royal Jordanian National Defense College within the parallel academic programs that are held annually in its premises for a number of sectors of the state, to prepare leadership elements from the various sectors of the state (military and civilian), and to qualify Elected officers from the Jordanian Armed Forces and the forces of brotherly and friendly countries to occupy important and prominent positions in times of war and peace.
May God protect the homeland, its leader, its people, and its proud army.
