Hatem Saber

Egyptian army officer

Hatem Abdul Fatah Saber

Born	1969
Service/branch	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1989– 2013
Rank	Colonel
Commands	Unit 777 Unit 999

Hatem Abdul Fatah Saber, formerly known as The Unknown Commander^{[according to whom?]}, was an Egyptian Army Colonel, who served as the commander of Unit 777 and the Unit 999 Egypt's most important military units.^{[unreliable source?]}^[1] Previous to this assignment Saber served as the Supervisor of the Egyptian military special unites.^[2] Colonel Saber was known as the unknown commander due to his position's secrecy after appearing in military photos wearing a mask. His military career was ended in 2013 after multiple injuries.^[1] Currently, he serves as an adviser to the minister of defence, Colonel General Sedki Sobhi. Saber was honored by President Adly Mansour.^[3]^{[self-published source?]}

Career

Military education

Bachelor of military science from the Egyptian Military Academy; specialization: Infantry-Sa'ka.^[4]
Sa'ka course.^[4]
Airborne course.^[4]
Frogmen course.^[4]
Counter-International terrorism course.^[4]
Intelligence course.^[4]
Negotiating with terrorists course.^[4]
Securing VIPs course.^[4]

Main Command Positions

Chief of operations, Unit 777.^[4]
Chief of operations, Unit 999.^[4]
Military Intelligence and reconnaissance officer.^[4]
Supervisor, The Egyptian military special unites.^[4]
Martial Arts' Trainer, Special forces of Egypt.^[4]

Awards

Military Duty Decoration, First Class. ^{[citation needed]}
25 January medal.

References

^ ^a ^b "Military expert: Russia seeks for making a balanced situation with USA by Egypt".
^ "Surprise, The Unknown commander, is now known". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10.
^ "Rosalyoussef interviews the unknown commander".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "The Unknown commander to moheet: Morsi is now an assassination target".