Cavalry Scouts Resume Combined Training with the ANSF

HAIRATAN, AFGHANISTAN

08.21.2013

Courtesy Story

6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment

By 2nd Lt. Matthew Yosua
Cherokee Troop, 6-4 CAV, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division

HAIRATAN, Afghanistan – Cherokee Troop, 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division support Afghan lead operations in Hairatan with Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), Aug. 24.

Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are becoming more independent at accomplishing vital missions to ensure the security of Afghanistan. Coalition Forces continue to provide and conduct training to enhance the ANSF capabilities through weekly classes and combined exercises. Cherokee Troop, located on the Afghan border with Uzbekistan, has been able to work with and see firsthand how the ANSF are ready to assume full responsibility for security across Regional Command North.

At the end of the month long celebration of Ramazan, the Afghan Border Police (ABP), Border Crossing Point Border Police (BXP), and Soldiers of Cherokee Troop resumed training in Northern Afghanistan.

Spc. Adam O’Neil, Spc. Kyle Porter, and Spc. Merritt Furseth, cavalry scouts in Cherokee Troop, lead a training regimen on personnel and vehicle search techniques, where all 19 participants completed the training tasks to standard. ABP 3rd Kandak Commander Col. Asef, who was in attendance, expressed his happiness with the cooperation between Cherokee Troop and him officers.

Spc. Adam O’Neil of Cali. commented: “The ABP and BXP policemen were very enthusiastic about the training and it was inspiring to see how motivated they were during the practical exercises.”

Cherokee Troop also hosted combined Tactical Site Exploitation raining with the ABP and BXP later in the week, where Staff Sgt. William Kidd, a section leader in Cherokee Troop, led the training with the assistance of members of 1st Platoon. The training focused on gathering intelligence from a crime scene, while guarding the evidence needed to prosecute criminal cases in accordance with Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan rule of law.

“The ANSF are training hard with us so they are ready to continue providing security to Hairatan City long after ISAF retrograde” said 2nd Lt. David Seery of Michigan, a platoon leader in Cherokee Troop, 6-4 Cavalry.

With Ramazan over, Cherokee Troop is ready to continue to increase the number of combined training exercises with the ANSF to ensure a seamless transition during International Security Assistance Force retrograde.

• Date Taken: 08.21.2013
• Date Posted: 08.28.2013 10:10
• Story ID: 112727
• Location: HAIRATAN, AF
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