By Sgt. 1st Class Rodney Jackson
Third Army/U.S. Army Central PAO
FORT BENNING, Ga.-The greeting of the day was Qayirly Tan, (pronounced Ka-ihr-ly Tan) which means good morning in Kazakh.
The phrase was used to make the Kazakhstan delegation feel welcome when they met with Third Army/U.S. Army Central Theater Security Cooperation noncommissioned officers Feb. 6, here.
The delegation of two officers, five noncommissioned officers and two translators visited the Noncommissioned Officers Academy, here, for a week-long visit to observe the U.S. Army's noncommissioned officer training and development programs.
While at the NCOA, the group observed small group instruction and grouping procedures, discussed techniques and walked through the NCOA facilities.
The group was also escorted to the Battle Simulations Division where they received a brief overview of the center's Close Combat Tactical Trainer. The trainer is composed of computer-driven combat vehicle simulators and emulator workstations that operate interactively.
Each member received individual instructions on how to control Bradley fighting vehicles and M1A1 Abrams tanks as they sat in the simulator's realistic field environments and fired the weapons systems.
The Kazakh and Third Army personnel's primary mission was to share information about each other's NCO programs. The group discussed topics such as NCOs attending college and using their civilian training to enhance their army specialty, voluntary enlistment and qualifications to join the Army. They also exchanged examples of retirement pay and benefits, requirements for NCO promotion, branch transfers and the changing rules to allow those transfers, and NCOs moving families with them to new job assignments.
Command Sgt. Maj. Jay Brimstin, commandant of the NCOA, shared his appreciation for the event with the delegation.
"There are 10 new Americans that know something about your country and army that we didn't know before, and that's a good thing," he said.
Senior officer for the delegation, Lt. Col. Nurlan Urustemov, Kazakhstan army director of mobility and recruiting, also said he was glad his group could visit. He said it was a big plus to see the American Army's NCO programs with their own eyes. He added that it was important to show the Kazakstan sergeants how it should be and how they can be better.
"I must confess, I want to see our sergeants become like the U.S. Army sergeants," Urustemov said.
The USARCENT Soldiers were impressed with the Kazakhs as well.
"The Kazakh army is one the most advanced militaries that we work with," said Master Sgt. Vincent Sims, Third Army's event coordinator.
Once again, the USARCENT TSC program showed how it bridges gaps between the U.S. military and its allies to improve the joint efforts in war on terrorism.
| Date Taken: |
02.21.2007 |
| Date Posted: |
02.21.2007 14:00 |
| Story ID: |
9212 |
| Location: |
FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, US |
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