HERAT, Afghanistan -- Afghan National Army instructors taught Military Operations in Urban Terrain training to 2nd Company ANA recruits at Camp Zafar, Herat province, Feb. 21.
MOUT training is held during the first of three phases in the Basic Warrior Course for the ANA.
The training includes clearing buildings of enemy personnel while receiving simulated enemy contact from outside and within the clearing facility.
The ANA is leading the instruction of recruits through BWC with the help of coalition mentors.
U.S. Army Spc. Dale Dillahunty, an ANA mentor from U.S. Army Bravo Company, Task Force 3/4 oversees the MOUT training.
“We provide morale and advisory support to the ANA training instructors,” Dillahunty said. “The instructors are experienced, they have had anywhere from four to six months of instructor training before being selected for this position.”
Dillahunty is impressed with the training, he said.
“This is very close to how American soldiers are trained,” said Dillahunty. “Whether it is rifle marksmanship, responding to squad attacks or ambushes, they actually do it very close to the way we do it.”
The recruits pick up on it very well and follow through, said Dillahunty. The recruits are excited about the training.
“It is exciting for them,” he said. “Some groups get more interactive than others but their curiosity builds excitement as they watch the groups ahead of them go through the course.”
The ANA 2nd Company commander said he was pleased with the training, and that he is looking forward to expanding the current facilities to allow even more training opportunities for his soldiers.
| Date Taken: | 02.21.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 02.23.2011 03:32 |
| Story ID: | 65925 |
| Location: | HERAT PROVINCE, AF |
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