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    Basic infantry skills classes for Iraqi Army and Police

    Basic Infantry Skills Classes for Iraqi Army and Police

    Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Steven Petibone | An Iraqi Policeman moves toward the direction of gunfire using sandbags for...... read more read more

    by Sgt. 1st Class Steven Petibone
    138th MPAD

    MOSUL, Iraq (31 August, 2006) -- Low crawling through dust and dirt at the newly established Battle Academy on Forward Operating Base Marez, Mosul, Iraq, is one way to get 19 Iraqi Army Soldiers and 4 Iraqi policemen to focus on basic infantry survival skills.

    U. S. Army Soldiers from Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash, are training weekly rotations from the IA and the IP's basic individual and buddy movements for survival and recovery under fire.

    purpose of us being here today is to train the Iraqi Security Forces and Iraqi police on how to perform individual movement techniques," said Staff Sgt. Steven Wertman, Co. B, 5th Bn., 20th Inf. Rgt., and resident of Milton, Wash.

    According to Wertman, their week-long training starts out with basic individual Soldiering skills aimed at improving leadership by building better leaders.

    Additionally, the IA Soldiers and the IP's will be instructed on how to conduct traffic control check points and other troop leading procedures.

    "They are grasping techniques quickly," Said Wertman. "Working on hand signals and verbal commands for buddy team movement."

    Wertman went on to say that Iraqi policemen also need to be better trained because of the nature of the work they do in the cities. If they get shot at they will know how to react to it, take cover and move to be able to find the person shooting at them. Company B prefers a smaller section of IP so there are enough officers patrolling the streets.

    "The Iraqis are doing a really good job," said Wertman. "As long as we can support them, they'll be able to take over their country and run it as well as it needs to be."

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    Date Taken: 09.06.2006
    Date Posted: 09.06.2006 13:12
    Story ID: 7637
    Location: MOSUL, IQ

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