CJTF-OIR continues ISF training through multi-national efforts

IRAQ

04.11.2019

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Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve   

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Following the elimination of Daesh’s self-proclaimed territorial caliphate on March 23, 2019, in the Middle Euphrates River Valley, the Coalition’s emphasis on supporting the Iraqi Security Forces increased through military professional development training needed to defeat Daesh networks in Iraq.

Currently, the Coalition is training ISF soldiers at five main locations in Iraq; Al Asad, which training efforts are led by Denmark, Besmaya which is led by Spain, Dublin and the Kurdistan Training Coordination Center which is led by Italy, and Taji which is led by Australia. Since January 2015, the Coalition has trained approximately 190,272 members of the ISF.

“Daesh has been defeat in the MERV, however they still maintain an underground network of cells,” said U.S. Army Maj. Hakan Ostling, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve Training Directorate planner. “Our continued ISF train-the-trainer efforts have been prosperous and will continue to flourish through the ISF’s professional military courses, ultimately increasing the ISF’s ability to secure and enable the safety of the civilians they protect.”

Police Task Force – Iraq

Train-the-trainer

Police Task Force – Iraq, led by the Italian Carabinieri, conducted four train-the-trainer courses, ranging from basic police procedures to police advanced training. Train-the-trainer courses train new trainers to develop their capabilities to become future instructors of the Iraqi Police Forces, to achieve self-sufficiency to meet the future training goals of the Government of Iraq.

Since 2016, 421 ISF Police officers have graduated as instructors.

Female Police Officer course

Recently, Italian Carabinieri started the 6th Female Police course with 29 policewomen students from various Police Units of Baghdad, Iraq. The three week course is taught by three Italian female officers and two Canadian officers; teaching basic police duties, how to perform body and vehicle searches, self-defense techniques, and an emphasis on human rights and law enforcement, Code of Ethics, and the Law of Armed Conflict.

Since 2017, four courses have been held in Baghdad, and Erbil, Iraq, and thus far has graduated 168 female police officers.

• Date Taken: 04.11.2019
• Date Posted: 04.11.2019 10:53
• Story ID: 317721
• Location: IQ