Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Desert Horsemen

In the heart of desert of the RAK desert, There are tribes who still live a traditional life, therefore some tribes men used to stay awake or take shift based watches to secure their tribe from outside threats.

Nowadays, The UAE has what we call desert horsemen who cover all seven emirates deserts especially the places that cannot be reached by cars.

Groups of 6 to 8 horsemen of RAK police start their evening watch with their leader Lt Col Khaled Hamad Al Merri who runs the horsemen patrol division in RAK police force.

They go in pairs over many areas to cover as much as they can of the night watch and they only communicate through walkie-talkie radio devices and mobile phones.

It is unfortunate that Lt Col Al Merri is the only local officer in the horsemen force and several recruiting potential were provided but all failed but it is important to have a horsemen force to maintain security in remote areas.

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