{"id":51238,"date":"2024-08-17T08:47:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T08:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/over-450-rdf-rnp-and-rcs-personnel-complete-intensive-career-courses\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T16:31:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T16:31:24","slug":"over-450-rdf-rnp-and-rcs-personnel-complete-intensive-career-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/over-450-rdf-rnp-and-rcs-personnel-complete-intensive-career-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 450 RDF, RNP, and RCS personnel complete intensive career courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Defence reported that the training completed on 16th August 2024, included specialized courses for Company Commanders, Platoon Commanders, Sergeant Majors, and Platoon Sergeants. <\/p>\n<p>The rigorous program focused on enhancing military skills, leadership abilities, command and control, strategic thinking, and tactical proficiency. <\/p>\n<p>This achievement marks a significant milestone in the RDF\u2019s ongoing efforts to professionalize its forces and prepare them for future challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The graduation ceremony was officiated by Maj Gen Denis Rutaha, Commandant of CTC-Gabiro, on behalf of the RDF Chief of Defence Staff. <\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Maj Gen Rutaha congratulated the graduates and highlighted the importance of career courses in building a capable and responsive military force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulate you for this achievement and the RDF at large. The career course in RDF has a big role. Remember, the skills and knowledge acquired here today will help you to respond to the current challenges,\u201d said Maj Gen Rutaha. <\/p>\n<p>These courses are part of existing training programs designed to build a professional and highly skilled army.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73954\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gvh3ylxwgaaoaqi.jpg\" alt=\"Captain Junior Nkuranga was awarded as the overall best performer.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73955\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gvh3yluxsaarnhh.jpg\" alt=\"Some of graduates posing for a group photo upon completion of the intensive military career course.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73953\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gvh3ylswsaadr5d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73952\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gvh3ylbwsaaxpv_.jpg\" alt=\"The rigorous program focused on enhancing military skills, leadership abilities, command and control, strategic thinking, and tactical proficiency.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 450 officers and other ranks from Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), Rwanda National Police (RNP), and Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS) have successfully completed an intensive five-month military career course at the Combat Training Centre (CTC-Gabiro). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000073951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":{"id":2000073951,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gvh3yluxsaarnhh.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gvh3yluxsaarnhh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gvh3yluxsaarnhh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gvh3yluxsaarnhh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gvh3yluxsaarnhh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gvh3yluxsaarnhh.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000073951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51238"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=51238"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=51238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}