General Saïd Chanegriha, Chief of Staff of People’s National Army, presided over the inauguration ceremony of the new Naval Forces Command headquarters in Zeralda, in presence of Secretary General of Ministry of National Defence, Forces Commanders, Commander of National Gendarmerie, Commander of the 1st Military Region and Chiefs of Departments as well as Central Directors of People’s National Army General Staff and of Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry said in a statement.

After the welcoming ceremony the General, Chief of Staff of People’s National Army, observed a minute’s silence on the soul of Chahid “Souidani Boudjemaa”, whose Forces Command Headquarters bears the name, and laid a wreath of flowers in the commemorative stele, and recited El Fatiha on his soul and those of our valiant Chouhada, then, to proceeded with the Major General Mahfoud Benmehad, Commander of Naval Forces to the inauguration of the new Naval Forces Command headquarters.

Afterwards, the General followed an exhaustive presentation on the new headquarters, presented by the managers in charge of the project realization, before inspecting the different infrastructures, which will allow the personnel of Naval Forces Command to execute, in the best conditions, the assigned missions with the required professionalism.

Subsequently, the General, had a meeting with the Naval Forces Command executives during which he delivered guidelines and orientations which revolved mainly on the necessity of preserving this new edifice and redoubling efforts to continue the serious work up to the reputation of our Naval Forces, especially in the field of developing its capabilities and securing our maritime territories and thwarting all potential threat.

At the end of the visit, the General planted a tree before signing the Guest Book of Naval Forces Command. Source & Photo © Algerian Ministry of National Defence