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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:05 am
Oh... knows a bit of Arabic too... [I] "Afwan"
Just found a picture of the Vice Admiral wearing his regular parade uniform:
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/661/_eg1.htm
He doesn't wear any other uniform than this uniform.
At the left you have field marshal muhammed hussein al-tantawi, minister of war and military industry, commander in chief of the armed forces of Egypt - the only person in Egypt with the rank of field marshal (=mushir). Please note, that the minister of defence is also c-i-c, which i strongly oppose. You can see his picture on
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Sep2002/020917-D-2987S-004.jpg
In the middle you have president muhammed hosni mubarak, supreme commander of the armed forces (retired with the rank of lt. general, commander of the airforces, vice minister of war, chief air marshal). He was an excellent soldier, who holds a lot of unbroken promotional records in the military.
Just behind him is his aide-de-camp (major general). Don't know his name. Never heard him say anything. He's just always there right behind the president. He has a aiguillete on his right sholder, that isn't visible however.
To his right is the relevant person to this post, Vice Admiral Tamer Abd El Aleem Mohamed Ismail, vice admiral of the Egyptian Navy, commander of the Egyptian Naval Forces. Please notice, that no-one holds the rank of admiral (or colonel general of the airforce/cololnel general of the army), although theese ranks do exist. As I have told you, his uniform is white (even his shoes), and I've never seen him wear the black uniform that I mensioned... and the picture is actually taken on "navy day", so he is wearing his parade uniform and never wears anything else while on duty. Note the collar pathces and the rank of Lt. general. Also note, that he doesn't use the sleeve rank, although it exists on the black uniform. It would also look quite strange on the white uniform, and make his rank less comparable with the other branches (including the police). He should be wearing a tie (like the aide-de-camp), but it's quite hot, so he has chosen not to wear it, although it should be worn (like on
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Sep2002/020917-D-2987S-004.jpg). On this picture you can se a rear admiral in the background, just zoom in.
The orange on the people on the ship is a life west - not a part of the uniform.
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