Training academy prepares Iraqi security forces personnel to protect, maintain security gains [Image 5 of 5]

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, IRAQ

06.24.2009

Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alejandro Licea 

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division

Pvt. Nicholas Culpepper, of Raleigh, N.C., advises a national police officer assigned to the 3rd NP Brigade, 1st NP Division to point his weapon toward a certain direction in order to provide security for his fellow officers who are entering and clearing a home during a training event, June 24, at Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq, located outside of eastern Baghdad. Culpepper and Paratroopers assigned to Troop K, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad are training and mentoring their Iraqi partners as part of a two-week course in the unit's newly developed "Panther Recon Training Academy." The academy offers several training events in order to prepare Iraqi security forces to maintain security across their area of operation.

• Date Taken: 06.24.2009
• Date Posted: 06.26.2009 07:01
• Photo ID: 182725
• VIRIN: 090626-A-5414L-005
• Resolution: 1875x1303
• Size: 505.38 KB
• Location: FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, IQ