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The Skiing and Mountain Fighting School (Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
: ????? ?????? ??????? ?? ?????? Madrasat al-Tazaloj wal Kital feiljibal) is part of the Lebanese Armed Forces
Lebanese Armed Forces

The Lebanese Armed Forces is the military of the Republic of Lebanon. The motto of the Lebanese Army is "Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty" . The Lebanese Army Emblem represents the Lebanon Cedar tree surrounded by two Bay Laurel leaves and positioned above the symbols of the three branches of the army, the ground forces represented by the two swor...
. The school is located in the mountainous area of Cedar
Cedars of God

The Cedars of God are among the last survivors of the immense forests of the Lebanon Cedar that thrived across Mount Lebanon in ancient times....
 (Arz), in Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon

Mount Lebanon , as a geographic designation, is the Lebanon mountain range, known as the Western Mountain Range of Lebanon. It extends across the whole country along about 160 km , parallel to the Mediterranean Sea coast with the highest peak, Qurnat as Sawda', at 3,088 m .Lebanon has historically been defined by these mountains, which provi...
, and is mainly responsible for conducting ski and combat in mountains sessions.

History
Although the school was founded in 1986, however in 1934 the French army
French Army

The French Army, officially the Arm?e de Terre , is the Army component of the Military of France and its largest. As of 2007, the army employs 134,000 regular soldiers, 15,500 reservists, and 25,750 civilians....
 had founded a ski team of both French
French people

French people can refer to:* The legal residents and citizens of France, regardless of ancestry. For a legal discussion, see French nationality law....
 and Lebanese
Lebanese people

The Lebanese people are a Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....
 soldiers; they rented a place in Bsharri
Bsharri

Bsharri , is a Lebanese town at 1,650 m of altitude, near the Kadisha Valley. It is located at around , in the Bsharri District of the North Governorate....
 and trained at the cedars.






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The Skiing and Mountain Fighting School (Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
: ????? ?????? ??????? ?? ?????? Madrasat al-Tazaloj wal Kital feiljibal) is part of the Lebanese Armed Forces
Lebanese Armed Forces

The Lebanese Armed Forces is the military of the Republic of Lebanon. The motto of the Lebanese Army is "Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty" . The Lebanese Army Emblem represents the Lebanon Cedar tree surrounded by two Bay Laurel leaves and positioned above the symbols of the three branches of the army, the ground forces represented by the two swor...
. The school is located in the mountainous area of Cedar
Cedars of God

The Cedars of God are among the last survivors of the immense forests of the Lebanon Cedar that thrived across Mount Lebanon in ancient times....
 (Arz), in Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon

Mount Lebanon , as a geographic designation, is the Lebanon mountain range, known as the Western Mountain Range of Lebanon. It extends across the whole country along about 160 km , parallel to the Mediterranean Sea coast with the highest peak, Qurnat as Sawda', at 3,088 m .Lebanon has historically been defined by these mountains, which provi...
, and is mainly responsible for conducting ski and combat in mountains sessions.

History


Although the school was founded in 1986, however in 1934 the French army
French Army

The French Army, officially the Arm?e de Terre , is the Army component of the Military of France and its largest. As of 2007, the army employs 134,000 regular soldiers, 15,500 reservists, and 25,750 civilians....
 had founded a ski team of both French
French people

French people can refer to:* The legal residents and citizens of France, regardless of ancestry. For a legal discussion, see French nationality law....
 and Lebanese
Lebanese people

The Lebanese people are a Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....
 soldiers; they rented a place in Bsharri
Bsharri

Bsharri , is a Lebanese town at 1,650 m of altitude, near the Kadisha Valley. It is located at around , in the Bsharri District of the North Governorate....
 and trained at the cedars. In 1935 they moved to the cedars Grand Hotel until the foundation of the school in 1937 by the French army. Since the foundation of the school the French army started training the Lebanese soldiers. However in 1940, Arz military base was handed over to the Lebanese Army, and was called the Skiing School and was directly linked to the Lebanese Army High Center for Military Sport
Lebanese Army High Center for Military Sport

The High Center for Military Sport is a Lebanese Armed Forces sports center, established in 1943, and is concerned with maintaining the physical fitness of soldiers, organize sports championships, and prepare soldiers for local and international competitions....
 until it became independent in May 1, 1986.

Important dates

  • In 1957 the Lebanese president Camille Chamoun
    Camille Chamoun

    Camille Nimr Chamoun was List of Presidents of Lebanon of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958, and one of the country's main Christian leaders during most of the Lebanese Civil War ....
    , the Iranian Shah
    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

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     and his wife
    Farah Pahlavi

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    , visited the school.
  • In 1962 the school has accomplished a searching mission of trouble makers who took refuge in mount Tannourine.
  • In 1963 till 1975 the school organized the international military championship of ski and Lebanese championship.
  • In 1969 a successful searching mission was accomplished after they found soldiers lost in Sheikh mountains.
  • The school participated in international ski championship in Iran
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    , Norway
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     (1974), Switzerland
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     (1975), Finland
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     (1982), Norway (1999), Austria
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     (2000).
  • Every year the school participates to searching missions and rescue missions of persons lost and blocked in snow weather.
  • The school trains every year sessions of ski and combat in mountains to many troops of the Lebanese army.
  • The school participates to all Lebanese and military championship.


Mission

The mission of the school include:
  • Missions of combat in mountains in all weather conditions.
  • Training sessions of ski
    Ski

    A ski is a long, flat device worn on the feet designed to help the wearer slide smoothly over snow. Originally intended as an aid to travel in snowy regions, they are now primarily used for recreational and sporting purposes....
     and combat in mountains.
  • Missions of searching and rescue of people lost and blocked in snow weather.
  • Participation in the organization an formation of the children of the army camp in summer.


Capabilities

The trainees participate in combat in all weather conditions to search and rescue people lost and blocked in snowy weather. Training sessions of ski and combat in mountains are delivered, in addition to several participations in international and local military championships.

Emblem

The symbol of the school is constituted of a skiing soldier representing the combat in mountains and searching mission, white representing the purity of the snow of the Lebanese
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
 mountains, mountains which represent the height, in addition to the depiction of Cedar
Lebanon Cedar

Cedrus libani , is a species of cedar native to the mountains of the Mediterranean region, in Lebanon, western Syria and south central Turkey, with variety of it in southwest Turkey, Cyprus, and the Atlas Mountains in Algeria and Morocco in northwest Africa....
 trees (the symbol of the nation) and two laurel leaves representing gratitude.

See also

  • Fouad Shehab Command and Staff College
    Fouad Shehab Command and Staff College

    The Fouad Shehab Command and Staff College is a Lebanese Armed Forces facility that functions as a graduate school for the Lebanese Army in addition to other Arab armies ....
  • Military Academy
    Military academy

    A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps of the Army, the Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard or provides education in a service environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned....
  • Lebanese Army Teaching Institute
    Lebanese Army Teaching Institute

    The Teaching Institute also known as the Training Institute is a Lebanese Armed Forces training center, first established on August 07, 1961 as a teaching school in north Lebanon ....


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