He was commissioned as an officer in the Mechanized Infantry forces of the Egyptian Army in 1969 .
He was served with distinction , commanding a platoon of BMP - 1 armoured vehicles and an Anti-Tank company in the Yom Kippur War .
He was commissioned as an officer in the Mechanized Infantry forces of the Egyptian Army in 1969 and served with distinction , commanding a platoon of BMP - 1 armoured vehicles and an Anti-Tank company in the Yom Kippur War .