By Spc. Terence Ewings
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq — Soldiers from Task Force Shield, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, visited the Mosul Police Services Academy to assess Iraqi police instructors providing training to new recruits during the first week of November.
The academy is currently training approximately 800 new recruits, who are expected to graduate in early December. After completing the course, the newly trained policemen will be assigned to a district within the Ninewa province.
The Iraqi police instructors at the academy were trained by U.S. soldiers and civilian police advisors deployed to U.S. Division-North in support of Operation New Dawn.
“Our troops are here to assist the Iraqi police in teaching their recruits,” said Lt. Col. Kevin Henderson, Stability Team Transition Chief of Task Force Shield. “We observe and advise the IPs when they need it.”
While the IP instructors are solely responsible for leading the classroom instruction, the soldiers and advisors of Task Force Shield observe the classes and provide support to the instructors if needed, said Henderson, a native of Newburg, N.Y.
Lt. Col. Daham Hamed Bassam, the Iraqi police training commander for Mosul, said he believes that maintaining the school without the presence of U.S. troops will be challenging, but is also an attainable and realistic goal.
The basic training course includes cultural awareness, weapons training and self-defense classes, he said. The academy also offers different advanced courses for experienced IPs to learn and teach additional skills to their fellow policemen.
The soldiers and advisors of Task Force Shield will continue to train, assist and mentor the cadre at the academy throughout their deployment to northern Iraq, advising their Iraqi partners and observing the newly trained IPs as they protect and serve the people of Mosul and the Ninewa province, said Henderson.
| Date Taken: |
11.08.2010 |
| Date Posted: |
11.14.2010 13:35 |
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