Sgt. Jon Cupp 1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public AffairsCAMP TAJI — New basic training graduates with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized) trained with the assistance of Military Transition Teams from the 1st Infantry Division here Dec.19 on how to conduct cordon and searches.
The training consisted of the IA troops performing practice raids in two building "mock-ups." According to Capt. Eric James, operations officer and adviser for the 329th MiTT, the training lasts three to four weeks and readies the Iraqi troops before they encounter the challenges of working in actual urban environments and checkpoints.
"We're taking new Iraqi Soldiers before they get assigned to a company and giving them additional training," said James. "What we're doing is getting together with our Iraqi Army brothers and giving them this training prior to their going out into their areas of operations."
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(Photo: An Iraqi Army instructor prepares his trainees, all Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized), to storm a building "mock-up" during training at Camp Taji, Iraq. Photo by Sgt. Jon Cupp.)
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