The Third Field Army is a field army of the Egyptian Army , with its headquarters in Suez . It is now part of the Unified Command of the area east of the canal (Egypt) .
7-577: On 31 January 2015 a "unified command" was established to oversee counterterrorism operations east of the Suez Canal. Osama Askar , commander of the Third Army, was promoted to lieutenant general and given command of the new "unified command." Askar will also retain his seat on the SCAF. Askar's former deputy, Muhammad Abdullah, has been appointed commander, and Tarek Anwar Helal the chief of staff, of
14-651: A meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in January 2015, during which he issued two declarations. The first changed the force structure of the army by creating a "unified command" to oversee counterterrorism operations east of the Suez Canal. The second promoted Osama Askar, commander of the Third Field Army , both in rank and in title: he is now a lieutenant general—one of a handful in
21-603: The five major military regions of the Egyptian Army . It groups the Second Field Army and the Third Field Army . A presidential Decree from Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appointed the command's first commander, Lieutenant General Osama Askar . The command was created to improve cooperation and unity of command and coordination between the Second and Third field armies . President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi chaired
28-451: The Third Army. In May 2018 the Third Army comprised the 4th Armoured Division ; the 19th Infantry Division, which included an armoured brigade, but whose remaining troops might have been un-mechanized infantry; the 23rd Mechanized Division ; and the 11th Armoured Brigade. Previous army commander Osama Askar had previously commanded the 23rd Mechanized Division earlier in his career. The 23rd Division, under Brig Gen Ahmad 'Aboud el Zommer,
35-400: The armed forces—and in charge of the "unified command." He will also retain his seat on the SCAF. Askar's former deputy, Muhammad Abdullah, has been appointed commander, and Tarek Anwar Helal the chief of staff, of the Third Field Army . Nasr 13 was the first manoeuvre of its type since the eastern zone was placed under a unified command. The manoeuvre began with Egyptian forces carrying out
42-615: The army was made up of the 7th and 19th Infantry Divisions, plus two independent armoured brigades, on the east bank, and a mixture of units in Suez city itself. Unified Command of the area east of the canal (Egypt) The Unified Command of the Area East of the Canal is an Egyptian military formation that was created to combat the terrorism and insurgency in the Sinai . It is one of
49-666: Was previously part of the Second Field Army during the Yom Kippur War . Just before the beginning of Operation Badr in October 1973, the army had the following troops under its control: As a brigadier general, Ahmed Badawi commanded the 7th Infantry Division during the Yom Kippur War , and after the Third Field Army became encircled, was placed in command of the cut-off force. The isolated part of
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