First Peshmerga Master Instructor graduates complete training

Photo By Maj. Keith Grant | Instructor patches were awarded to graduates of the Master Instructor Course during a graduation ceremony at Manila Training Center, August 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, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve 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. (Photo courtesy Italian PAO/KTCC)  

IRAQ

08.29.2019

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Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve   

Peshmerga soldiers at four training centers across the Kurdistan region of Iraq celebrated graduation on Aug. 29, 2019. Among the graduates were 22 soldiers who completed the new Master Instructor Course, certifying them to train future instructors within the Kurdistan Security Forces. The course, known as “T5,” qualifies the soldiers to train future instructors within the Peshmerga forces, an important step towards the goal of a self-sufficient training program.

The day marked the completion of the fourth training rotation of the year for the Kurdistan Training Coordination Center (KTCC). The KTCC oversees the Coalition-led training at the Atrush, Bnaslawa, Manila and Sulaymanyia Training Centers.

In total, 1,590 Peshmerga soldiers graduated from training in Wide Area Security infantry tactics, to include four newly minted instructors for the Medic, Marksmanship and CBRNE courses.

To date, 44,188 members of the Kurdish security forces have been trained through basic and advanced infantry courses since the KTCC was created in 2015. Many of the courses employ a “train-the-trainers” approach to instruction in order to expand their capabilities. The training aims to refine the tactics and techniques of ground movement, provide first-aid, respond to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats, and to defeat the risks derived from improvised explosive devices.

Coalition forces are in Iraq at the invitation of the Government of Iraq to train and advise in support of the enduring mission to defeat Daesh.

• Date Taken: 08.29.2019
• Date Posted: 09.18.2019 05:27
• Story ID: 341721
• Location: IQ