Latest batch of UAE National Service recruits enroll for training

Monday, 28 December 2020 06:36

Armed Forces training centres at Al Ain and Liwa have received the fourteenth batch of UAE National Service recruits.

The Third Group of the 2020-2021 academic year were enrolled in line with COVID-19 precautionary measures to ensure their safety.

The National Service and Reserve Authority provide recruits with healthcare services to protect them from the ongoing pandemic.

The services are supervised by the Zayed Military Hospital and Abu Dhabi Health Service Company.

In the first phase, the training programme involves military drills, weaponry, fitness skills and national value lessons.

While the next step consists of schooling the recruits in specific skills related to their military units.

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