The memorial was unveiled on the United Arab Emirates Commemoration Day. on 30 November 2016. The memorial is composed of three structures: the leaning pillars, the pavilion of honor, and the memorial plaza. The names of all Emirati soldiers who are killed in duty are inscribed in the pavilion of honor. The memorial is the first war memorial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and documents the names of all the fallen Emiratis who were killed in the line of duty. The first name is of a 20-year-old policeman, Salem Suhail bin Khamis, who declined to lower the Ras Al Khaimah flag in the Greater Tunb and was killed in the Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs. The date of his death is marked as the UAE’s commemoration day. Members of the Federal Supreme Council gather at the site annually on commemoration day on 30 November in a ceremony honoring the fallen soldiers. The site also sometimes serves as a meeting place for the Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates.