Since its inception, the Military College has consistently held its annual sports festival, attended by kings and presidents alike. One such attendee was the late Lieutenant General Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Arif, President of the Republic, in 1968. At the time, I served as the Military College’s Sports Officer and the supervisor of the ceremony. Following the event, the President honored me with an award. Regarding this occasion, the veteran journalist Abdul Jalil Moussa wrote in Al-Jumhuriya newspaper (Issue No. 104) on April 8, 1968, as follows: