{"id":10966,"date":"2011-02-17T11:58:41","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T10:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/bahrain-defense-forces-delegation-visits-the-nato-defense-college\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:55:35","slug":"bahrain-defense-forces-delegation-visits-the-nato-defense-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/bahrain-defense-forces-delegation-visits-the-nato-defense-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain Defense Forces Delegation Visits the NATO Defense College"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/118_Bahrain_Del_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"Brigadier General Yousuf Abdulla Yousuf BEHZAD, the Commandant of Bahrain\u2019s Royal Command and Staff College, presents a gift to the NDC Commandant, Lieutenant General Wolf-Dieter LOESER.  \" \/><figcaption>Brigadier General Yousuf Abdulla Yousuf BEHZAD, the Commandant of Bahrain\u2019s Royal Command and Staff College, presents a gift to the NDC Commandant, Lieutenant General Wolf-Dieter LOESER.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">A delegation from the Bahrain Defense Forces <a class='photo' href='\/images\/118_Bahrain_Del_2_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"The delegation from Bahrain\u2019s Royal Command and Staff College visited NDC 14-16 Feb 2011 as pictured above being greeted by Brigadier General Nick Smith (GBR A), NDC's Director of Academic Operations, and other NDC staff\">visited the NATO Defense College<\/a>, 14-16 February 2011, to discuss our courses and activities, and share academic experiences that may inform future programs for the Bahrain Defense Forces. The delegation of 4 officers was led by Brigadier General Yousuf Abdulla Yousuf BEHZAD, the Commandant of Bahrain&#8217;s Royal Command and Staff College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">In addition to productive meetings with the NDC Commandant and the Dean, our distinguished guests attended several sessions with <a class='photo' href='\/images\/118_Bahrain_Del_3_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"Brigadier General Yousuf Abdulla Yousuf BEHZAD, Commandant of Bahrain's Royal Command and Staff College (Left), with Brigadier General Nick Smith (GBR A), NDC's Director of Academic Operations\">Brigadier General Nick Smith<\/a> (GBR A), Director of Academic Operations, and other key leaders at the College.  The delegation received informative briefings on the curriculum and programme for the Senior Course, the NATO Regional Cooperation Course, and many of NDC\u2019s other research and outreach initiatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The visit occurred in advance of the planned Senior Course 118 field study visit to Bahrain, and is indicative of the important and continuing cooperation between NDC and the Bahrain Defense Forces.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brigadier General Yousuf Abdulla Yousuf BEHZAD, the Commandant of Bahrain\u2019s Royal Command and Staff College, presents a gift<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-10966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 15 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le f\u00e9vrier 17, 2011","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le f\u00e9vrier 17, 2011 11:58","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 08:55"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10966"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=10966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}