First Peshmerga Master Instructor graduates complete training [Image 3 of 4]

IRAQ

08.29.2019

Photo by Maj. Keith Grant 

Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve   

Italian Brig. Gen. Paolo Attilio Fortezza, second from left, Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) training director and Italian contingent commander, and Italian Col. Giuseppe Levato, second from right, commander of the Kurdistan Training Coordination Center, attend the graduation ceremony of Peshmerga forces at the Sulaymanyia Training Center, Aug. 29, 2019. The ceremony was one of four held at training centers across the Kurdistan region that day that graduated a total of 1,590 Peshmerga soldiers. Together, CJTF-OIR and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) will develop a sustainable and inclusive ISF that can secure its sovereign borders, protect the population, support a normalcy across the country and ensure the lasting defeat of Daesh. (Portions of this image were blurred for operational security) (Photo courtesy Italian PAO/KTCC)

• Date Taken: 08.29.2019
• Date Posted: 09.18.2019 05:12
• Photo ID: 5759828
• VIRIN: 190829-A-OD775-1092
• Resolution: 1024x683
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• Location: IQ